Only 12% of Americans have “confidence in Congress”
According to a recent Gallup poll, which states that’s the “lowest ever for any U.S. institution.”
Quote of the day: “The Nation will live to regret what the Court has done today.”
That was Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, in his dissent on the USSC ruling today that Gitmo detainees have habeas corpus rights.
Rezko convicted on 16 counts related to corruption
And the first thing Rezko pal and now-Democrat nominee for president Barack Obama says in response to the guilty verdicts is, “This isn’t the Tony Rezko I knew …”
The California Supreme Court 4-3 pro-gay marriage ruling
I haven’t had a chance to look at the opinion on the CSC ruling in favor of gay marriage (I plan on reading it this evening), but wanted to link up to others who have and wrote about it. National Review has several opinion pieces up today devoted to the issue, and Eugene Volokh at the Volokh Conspiracy legal blog has some thoughts on it as well.