"Roger Pilon" is Vice President for Legal Affairs for the Cato Institute, and an United States/American Libertarianism/libertarian Libertarian theories of law/legal theorist. In particular, he has developed a libertarian version of the rights theory of his teacher, noted philosopher Alan Gewirth.

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The Bush administration was trying to get O'Connor's replacement up there as quickly as possible, ... because of this botched nomination, the potential now is even greater that they'll have a court that reflects the O'Connor view.

These hearings are going to be a stark contrast to the Roberts hearings. Can you picture her answering some of the questions that Roberts was asked?

What has come out of this episode is how really out of touch Mr. Bush is with the intellectual foundations of the movement that he purports to represent.

Surely we can distinguish houses that are . . . compromised beyond habitation and those that are perfectly livable.

With today's decision, no one's property is safe, since any time a government official thinks someone else can make better use of your property than you're doing, he can order it condemned and transferred.

There's irony in using an unconstitutional measure to promote Constitution Day.

The hope is that the president -- or more likely someone on his staff who is more familiar with these issues will prevail upon him to select someone of the highest caliber.

I hope he won't be swayed by any concern for diversity, but this time will seek the best nominee. There is no shortage of such nominees on the appellate courts.