We have met the enemy and he is us

  A name from the past has come back to haunt us. Jamie Gorelick, one of the most devious incompetent individuals from the Clinton administration, is being considered for the head of, wait for it, the FBI. Instapundit has a roundup of her grievances, including the sweetheart loan, the encouragement to lend the subprime loans leading to the bank crashes, and the creation of the infamous law that is said to have enabled 9/11.
  Sounds great.
  We wondered for two years whether the problem in the White House was incompetence or evil. Now we know it's a terrific combination of both.
  Meanwhile, in Wisconsin, the fight against the union busting bill is taking a longer view in the race for Supreme Court. Two justices are fighting for a seat that will flip the court from a 4-3 conservative majority. Millions of dollars are pouring into this single race, as the unions are figuring this is their way to nullify the law that has been passed (but not yet published through shenanigans). If they can't do it through elections, they try to do it through the courts. This race has become blatantly political and it isn't about justice anymore; it's about the unions. The WSJ:

A memo written by liberal groups explains that the left's strategy is to win this race and then "challenge in the courts," nearly every budget reform that Mr. Walker and the Republican majority in the legislature tries to enact. It also appears that if the court challenge to the collective bargaining bill goes all the way to the Supreme Court, this would happen after the April 5th election. That would mean that if Mr. Prosser loses, the votes might no longer be there to uphold the new law.

  And why not have the court fix your problems? 
  Professor Jacobsen deals with the issue of judicial activism in Wisconsin here:

The issue goes to the heart of separation of powers, because Judge Sumi effectively prevented the legislature from making law.  This is quite extraordinary, and contrary to prior Wisconsin precedent.

It is one thing for a court to rule on the legality of a law; it is quite something else for a court to prevent the law from being made.

Think of it this way in terms of the Obamacare health care mandate.  The law came into effect, and now courts are ruling on the constitutionality of the law.  Had a judge felt it was warranted, a judge could have issued an injunction preventing implementation of the law -- but no one ever suggested that a court preemptively should have interfered in the legislative process and issued an injunction preventing Obama from signing the law, or the clerks of the House and Senate from taking whatever ministerial steps they take to pass the law along to the President.

  Unlike the health care law which was extremely unpopular and opposed by many taxpayers, a smart a@# judge in New Jersey has just told Governor Christie that he can't, wait for it, cut the budget with regard to schools.
  In fact, the governor was told by this judge to, wait for it, spend more on schools, even though the state is flat busted broke. 
  Here's a link to a nasty little piece about the subject.
  Take a look at what happened in Portugal when opposition parties would not pass the debt reform the prime minister was trying to pass. The prime minister quit. Refuting the big spenders costs a great deal in money and capital. The entitlement mentality is so entrenched that it takes a giant to pull it out by its roots.
  In Ohio, Governor Kasich is running into a buzz saw of public disapproval as he tries to right the ship of state. 
  If you're unfamiliar with SB5 (but how could you be?), Karl Rove has the background of what SB5 will do to state and local government employees, read this article at Rove.com:

Ohio would limit bargaining on health insurance and reduce sick leave and holidays to what's allowed for nonunion government employees. Wisconsin has no similar provision.

Public employees in Ohio wouldn't be able to negotiate on hours, discipline issues, transfers, equipment and outsourcing of services, staffing levels, and teacher-student ratios—all areas Wisconsin's law doesn't address. Police, firefighters and other public safety personnel would be covered by Ohio's law. They are exempt in Wisconsin.

  And, yes, while Wisconsin is fighting the big one, Ohio's quietly going about its business (with a few loudmouths in Columbus protesting) and doing more to union bust than Wisconsin.
  But Gov. Kasich's popularity rating is suffering. The Governor responds to the poll by saying he's got 4 years to turn it around, which is true. We just have to pass the bill to see what's in it. Ha.
  Trump towers.
  And Sarah Palin keeps pokin' em in the eye. She seems to be the only one with the intestinal fortitude to say the truth.
  The Midnight Truckin' guys say this: while Democrats derisively call Republicans chicken hawks, the liberal Democrats can now be called hawkish chickens.
  Heh.
  G'day.