Nevada: Nevada

Senator John Ensign (R-NV) has announced his opposition to the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor as a member of the U.S. Supreme Court, saying: “While I believe Judge Sotomayor is an impressive role model for millions of Americans, I take my responsibility as Nevada’s Senator very seriously, and feel I need to protect the sanctity of our Constitution. “Judge Sotomayor’s record and testimony provide uncertainty and doubt that she will rule with a fair and impartial adherence to the rule of law." [LV Sun] Frankly, this comment is little more than GOP boiler-plate. Being unable to cite actual examples of unfair and biased rulings, and having to contort her position in the Ricci Case (in which she upheld precedent, the 'rule of law') to say that in that particular ruling she should have been an 'activist' judge and reversed precedent before the Supreme Court did so, the Republican opponents are constrained to make vague statements about “uncertainty and doubt.

I SWEAR - I'm NOT a Conspiracy Theorist! However...I'm living in a time unlike anything I've ever seen in my lifetime, and I'm 46.

Each new "regulation", or "new law" up to and including BOTH my "Obama" administration AND my Nevada legislation...has creepily had RESULTS BEFORE the ink was dry on the paper!

Obama signs a new bill...within 3 days I get new updates on my business software to compensate for the new expenditures/rules! My Nevada legislature signs a new law, and before the ink is dry I get a letter in the mail explaining the NEW way I must fill out tax forms and / or I get a strange check in the mail that might benefit me TODAY, but it WON'T benefit future home buyers!

Is all this stuff pre-planned? HOW CAN IT BE.

The Nevada Senate continues:
AB 463: 21-0 veto over-ridden. Transmit to Assembly.
AB 467: Prevailing wage requirements. Remarks: Hardy - will abstain, no additional. Over-ride 18-2-1NV. Transmit to Assembly.
AB 121: Health Care Facility Staffing Plan. Remarks: none. 21-0 over-ridden. Transmit to the Assembly.
Brief Recess.
*Just a question, but if a person were aware that his or her vetoes were going to get over-ridden by substantial bi-partisan majorities -- why bother to veto the bills?

Senate Unfinished Business: appointment of conference committees
Reconsider AB 454 conference committee report failure - no additional remarks. Chair asks for division of the house; member asks for quick recess.

Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) announced yesterday that the state of Nevada will be receiving $1.5 million in economic recovery funds to create jobs related to responding and preventing domestic violence in the state. This is good.

Now, I'd truly appreciate it if the Senator could reverse course on his cringing cave-in to the forces of the dark side, and announce that he understands that the country repudiated the GOP's self anointed status as "Protector of the Universe" and "Poobahs of All Things in the Name of Security -- before I have to think up parodies for the titles of five more Harry Potter books.