a more predictable legal environment for businesses, because of its anti-regulatory orientation and its focus on economic costs and benefits rather than 'abstract' notions of right and wrong.

The fight continues. This is a step-by-step process. The senators are coming back to town, and they have got to look at that record.

It was a show. Everyone played their parts masterfully.

Would give any woman who believes in reproductive rights and freedom any comfort.

Speaking to bloggers on a daily basis.

How the Democrats handle themselves will have an impact on how they're remembered by their constituents. I think certainly constituents remembered how some of their senators voted on the Clarence Thomas confirmation and punished some of them for their votes.

By failing to allay the concerns his record raised prior to the hearings, Judge Roberts simply has not met the heavy burden of proving that he warrants a lifetime appointment to the most powerful judgeship in the country.

In most cases, a candidate enjoys a honeymoon period after the nomination.

It was an incomplete answer. He didn't give any indication to where it would lead him.

It's kind of the eye of the hurricane. He's been sworn in, he's chief justice, we have a period of calm before the next storm.