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29 Jun 2010, 7:27 am by Transplanted Lawyer
  A similar, albeit politically reversed, dynamic is now all but certain to emerge when Justice Kagan is criticized in the future.Second and more momentously, Robert Byrd has finally died. [read post]
29 Jun 2010, 7:04 am by Brian Wolfman
According to today's Wall Street Journal, because of the recent death of Senator Robert Byrd and a few Senators who are threatening to switch their votes, the legislation's fate may be in doubt even though a similar bill earlier cleared the Senate and House-Senate conferees reached a deal last Friday. [read post]
29 Jun 2010, 12:33 am by Rumpole
We don't know about Justices Alito, Scalia, Thomas, Kennedy, and Roberts, but we haven't seen our local Militia marching down the street lately. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 9:31 pm by David
Robert Byrd was a United States Senator for 51 years. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 7:22 pm by Peter
While others have been waxing mournful about the passing of Senator Robert Byrd a chap named S.M. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 7:01 pm by Jacqueline Dowd
Senator Robert Byrd, who died today at the age of 92, was a homeless advocate.Because of Byrd’s leadership, the first major federal program to provide funds for people experiencing homeless became law. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 2:56 pm by Steve
I'm almost certain that Elena Kagan is every bit as qualified as Robert Byrd was to be on the United States Supreme Court. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 2:49 pm by Luke Gilman
Senator Robert Byrd passed away last night. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 2:02 pm by Kent Scheidegger
As a result of the death of Senator Robert Byrd, West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin will appoint a replacement to serve until ... um ... we're not exactly sure. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 9:00 am by C.E. Petit
Before going face-first onto the sausage platter, this last scheduled day of the October 2009 Term, two deaths to note: Martin Ginsburg, husband of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; and Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV), one of the primary reasons that the Senate should have a mandatory retirement age (due to his abuse of the system, regardless of my occasional agreement with his ideology). [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 8:57 am by Ted Allen
A long-serving Democrat, Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, passed away earlier today, so Dodd will have one less vote for the bill, unless a successor is appointed quickly by West Virginia’s Democratic governor. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 7:58 am by David Brown
Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) and Justice John Paul Stevens are both in the news today: Byrd, the longest-serving senator in U.S. history, died early this morning, and Stevens has appeared for the last time as a member... [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 7:53 am by Big Tent Democrat
The Kagan hearings are scheduled to start today but I suspect it may be put off in light of the passing of Robert Byrd. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 7:52 am by Kent Scheidegger
Robert Byrd died at 3 a.m. this morning at the age of 92. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 7:48 am by Glenn Reynolds
Robert Byrd’s most undeniable legacy: Undermining belief in politicians as little more than self-serving glad-handers on the hunt for more and more taxpayer money for their constituents. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 7:39 am by Thomas Crocker
The passing of Senator Robert Byrd brings with it the acknowledgment of the federal largesse he brought to the state of West Virginia. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 7:09 am by Elder Law
Democrati c US Senator Robert Byrd, the longest-serving member of Congress in history, has died aged 92, his spokesman has said. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 6:48 am by Jenna Greene
End of an Era: West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd died early today at age 92. [read post]