An incredible day
Today was one for the books.
It began with a vote in the Senate that beat, throttled, and mutilated the hotly contested immigration bill before it finally died. Good riddance. I can't help but wonder if we've seen a life preserver thrown to the Republican Party.
You can continue to follow the spectacle on the thousand-or-so blogs covering the action, but make sure you hear about Sam Switchback and MSM Dimwittery from the WSJ, both via HotAir.
FULL DISCLOSURE: As someone who has clicked occasionally on the "Those Shirts" ads on HotAir, I am apparently involved in the plot.
That would have been a full day's news, but we're not finished.
SCOTUS decided to get into the action by offering its final ruling (yet another 5-4 with Kennedy siding with the Originalist/Textualist half of the court) [
SCOTUSBlog] on affirmative action in public schools. We'll need time to really digest this mammoth ruling; I've only managed to skim the Chief Justice's opinion for the court. But, as widely reported, the CJ has offered a statement in conclusion that I trust will become one of the great catchphrases of Supreme Court jurisprudence:
The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.Can I hear a Hallelujah?
Next, Mike Pence's preventative measure banning the UnFairness Doctrine thundered out of the House, 309-115. Expect the Senate to pass it on a voice vote some Friday night in July.
To finish off a tumultuous day with a little comic relief tonight, the Dems had a debate, where they discussed the evils of resegregation being forced on America by the Supreme Court. The event was held at Howard University.
