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ShoreBank: The 11th-Hour Cover-up

Late last week, at the 11th hour, the Senate removed an amendment that would have required the inspector general of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to investigate the corrupt ShoreBank bailout, as well as every other bailout since January 2009.

South Carolina: Outlier or National Precursor?

The great Pat Caddell and Kendra Stewart survey the recent South Carolina elections over at Real Clear Politics: Perhaps nothing better illustrates the historic change brought on in these June elections than the nomination – and all but certain election

Supreme Court: Gun Rights Extend Across Nation

From the Associated Press: The Supreme Court held Monday that the Constitution’s Second Amendment restrains government’s ability to significantly limit “the right to keep and bear arms,” advancing a recent trend by the John Roberts-led bench to embrace gun rights.

Senate Hearings Begin on Supreme Court Pick Kagan

From Reuters: Republicans have questioned whether Kagan, a former Harvard law school dean who has served in the past two Democratic administrations, is driven more by politics than law. Democratic backers call the 50-year-old nominee, who last week received the

Sen. Robert Byrd Dead at 92

From the Associated Press: Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, a fiery orator versed in the classics and a hard-charging power broker who steered billions of federal dollars to the state of his Depression-era upbringing, died Monday. He was 92.