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Yes, the National Republican Congressional Committee goes there. Wasserman Schultz, the Florida congresswoman who is a rising star in the Democratic caucus, described as sexist the NRCC’s advice to Gen. Stanley McChrystal (who backs a more robust Afghanistan offensive) to put House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (who does not) “in her place.” Here’s the NRCC’s reply: […]

Yesterday’s Supreme Court arguments in Salazar v. Buono featured an ACLU lawyer and Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia tangling over the meaning of a cross to honor war dead. Here’s the brief: Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said it was an “outrageous conclusion” that a war memorial featuring a cross only honors Christian war dead. […]