It’s the middle of the political season. And you know what that means, a request to vote.
No, not for the Presidential election (though I’ll have more on that next month).
But for the ABA Journal’s Blawg 100 nominations which end on September 7th.
For three years running, this blog has been named to the
Popularity contests have never been my thing. And asking for votes is even less my thing too.
But as I recently noted, the popular Sad City Hartford blog has nominated me for the “Hot in Hartford” 2012 contest. It is a silly contest, as the blog authors readily concede, but a contest nonetheless.
Over the last 24 hours, much virtual ink has been spilled on a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, Ricci v. DeStefano, because Judge Sonia Sotomayor — one of the judges handling the case at the Court of Appeals — has been nominated to the Court. (I’ve covered the case in various posts
Although Connecticut’s own Rep. Rosa DeLauro was rumored to be on the short list for a Secretary of Labor post, reports Thursday evening suggest that Rep. Hilda Solis – a Democrat from California – has been tapped for that pos
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So, what’s the immediate feedback from labor and business groups? Well, labor groups issued