Secret Exposed

Judge Pickering gave Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia an addiction.

AFR - Today's Issues

Radio interview of Judge Pickering on American Family Radio's "Today Issues" on February 23, 2006.

Two Older Videos

Here are a couple of videos from Fox News from months ago. This one is Judge Pickering on the BIG Story with John Gibson where the Judge discusses the Harriet Miers nomination. This one is the Judge on Your World with Neil Cavuto discussing the Samuel Alito nomination.

Editor Reading

Kate Magandy, city editor for the Biloxi Sun Herald, reveals in their "What We're Reading" section that she is reading Supreme Chaos and says in part "His take is the process is rife with partisanship and politics - not what the Founding Fathers had in mind when they set it up."

Jones County Book Signing

The Hattiesburg American and the local television station WDAM carried stories on Judge Pickering's Jones County booksignings.

H.A. on Booksigning

The Hattiesburg American reports on Pickering's booksigning at Jones County Junior College.

Eye On Books

Judge Pickering recently spoke with Bill Thompson at Eye on Books and you can listen to it here. Another link to Eye on Books.

It begins again...related news

President George W. Bush has chosen Mississippi attorney Mike Wallace to fill Judge Charles Pickering's seat on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Wallace is a known brilliant, qualified lawyer who has been an active conservative Republican, but who will put his political beliefs away when he becomes a judge - as judges ought to do. He will not be an activist; he will not legislate from the bench. But the liberals special interest groups are already preparing their smear campaign. And what, they wonder, is the best smear campaign for a conservative from Mississippi? Attack him on "civil rights" - a veiled charge of racism. Here they go again.

Blog Notes

The Committee for Justice blog and the Jurist Monitor both mention the Heritage speech.

Heritage Foundation

Here is the video of Judge Pickering's Heritage Foundation speech with Ed Meese.

Watch Heritage Speech Online

Howard Bashman at How Appealing blog mentions the Heritage speech and links to locations where you can watch it live or watch it afterward.

CNSNews.com

CNSNews.com has this piece that mentions the solutions to the confirmation conflict that Judge Pickering outlines in his book.

Stringfellow

Eric Stringfellow writes about Judge Pickering in today's Clarion Ledger.

Blog Notes

Sid Salter mentions the book at his Clarion Ledger blog.

Judge Pickering will be signing at Lemuria in Jackson (Miss) in March.

CPAC

Judge Pickering will be signing books at CPAC in Washington DC at noon on February 11 and will participate on their panel discussion "Judicial Activism & the Courts" at 1:45.

Heritage Foundation

Judge Pickering will discuss his book at the Heritage Foundation on February 15 and will be joined by Reagan Attorney General Ed Meese, who wrote the foreword to Supreme Chaos.

CQ Review

A not so hot review by CQ writer Seth Stern.

Related News

WorldNetDaily article on wiretapping with Judge Pickering's thoughts on the Constitutional and statutory issues on the subject.

President Bush has chosen Jackson lawyer Mike Wallace for Pickering's vacated seat on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Expect the same folks to attack Wallace.

Blog Notes

An interview with Judge Pickering at RightWingNews.com. It gets a hat-tip and commentary over at PrestoPundit and ShallNotPerish.

A mention at the blog Suitably Flip.

Townhall.com

The conservative site Townhall.com has a review of the book up. The reviewer says "Supreme Chaos could only have been written by someone who, like our Founders, loves and understands the right of self-government and the rule of law and principle; it should be read by everyone who wants to do the same. Supreme Chaos should be part of every home library and used as a text in every government and citizenship class. The US Constitution was written by thoughtful men who loved and understood legal principle and the right of self-government and articulated it for ordinary citizens could understand. So also is Supreme Chaos. It is as easy to read as a newspaper -- and more logical, tracing the history of Constitutional thought and principle to demonstrate clearly what our Founders intended and how those principles should be applied." Here is the whole review.

WDAM

News 7 - WDAM in Laurel-Hattiesburg discusses the book in advance of a book signing in Laurel.

O'Reilly Factor

Tuesday night Judge Pickering appeared on the Fox News program The O'Reilly Factor.



From Bill's "Talking Points Memo," it sounds like the read "Supreme Chaos": The "Talking Points Memo" this evening is about another piece of history, the confirmation of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. By a vote of 58-42, the Senate confirmed Judge Alito this morning, but there was deep-seated anger in the secular progressive precincts. That's because with Alito and Judge Roberts now in the court, traditionalists will rule and secular progressives will have a much more difficult time getting their agenda mandated into law. Remember, the SPs cannot win at the ballot box. They must rely on sympathetic judges and courts to implement what they want, like the gay marriage legalization in Massachusetts. Quick background. A traditionalist believes America was well founded and does not want drastic changes to the country. Secular progressives believe that the USA is a flawed nation fundamentally, and needs a vast overhaul, including a move away from Judeo-Christian traditions. This is not a liberal-conservative deal. Many liberals are traditionalists....Now progress for our people means big changes in society. Ironically, the secular progressive Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco makes my point today. It ruled that the congressional ban on partial birth abortion is unconstitutional. Remember, Congress has elected to make the laws. And the majority of lawmakers and indeed Americans believe aborting a baby in late term is wrong unless the life of the mother is in danger. But the Ninth Circuit does not believe that. It believes a baby can be terminated in the womb at any time, for any medical reason, and stated so today. This is a vivid example of judicial fiat, judges, not congress, making the law. Now Roberts and Alito aren't going to go along with that. And that's why Kennedy and other SPs are so angry. They are losing power in this country, and they know it. And that's the Memo."