For the record

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RE: THE LEFT

"Liberals' newfound respect for 'federalism' is completely disingenuous. People who support a national policy on abortion are prohibited from ever using the word 'federalism.' I note that whenever liberals talk about 'federalism' or 'states' rights,' they are never talking about a state referendum or a law passed by the duly elected members of a state legislature -- or anything voted on by the actual citizens of a state. What liberals mean by 'federalism' is: a state court ruling. Just as 'choice' refers to only one choice, 'the rule of law' refers only to 'the law as determined by a court'. As a practical matter, courts will generally have the last word in interpreting the law because courts decide cases. But that's a pragmatic point. There is nothing in the law, the Constitution or the concept of 'federalism' that mandates giving courts the last word. Other public officials, including governors and presidents, are sworn to uphold the law, too." --Ann Coulter

FOR THE RECORD

"You know [John] Bolton is a good choice [for U.S. ambassador to the UN] from the reaction of soft-on-the-UN internationalists such as Sen. Richard Lugar, the Indiana Republican whose record indicates he'd like to make the U.S. just another member of a world-wide community of nations. ... Lugar, who is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a strong proponent of the disastrous Law of the Sea treaty, has made known his disapproval of Bolton by saying he was going 'to reserve any comments about the appropriateness' of the president's choice of Bolton. ... Lugar's problem with Bolton is that he, Bolton, not only is a conservative but also is someone who puts America's interests first. Of all things, places and people, Bolton's appointment has won the approval of Washington Post columnist Anne Applebaum, who likes his bluntness and also likes the fact that he 'is one of the few people in public life willing to draw the distinction between what the United Nations actually is and what everybody would like it to be.' If, as expected, Bolton is confirmed by the Senate, he may well turn out to be this nation's best ambassador to the UN since Jeane Kirkpatrick." --Lyn Nofziger

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