Tuesday, May 11, 2010

“Android market share surpasses iPhone's, NPD says - San Jose Mercury News” plus 1 more

“Android market share surpasses iPhone's, NPD says - San Jose Mercury News” plus 1 more

Android market share surpasses iPhone's, NPD says - San Jose Mercury News

Posted: 11 May 2010 08:38 AM PDT

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LOS ANGELES — Google's diverse and growing army of Android devices may now be outflanking Apple in the smartphone wars, according to a technology research firm. New York-based NPD Group ... to Google's promiscuous partnering philosophy — in short ...

Hatch vows probe of Kagan's judicial philosophy - Deseret News

Posted: 10 May 2010 11:48 PM PDT

SALT LAKE CITY — Sen. Orrin Hatch says Republicans apparently dodged a worse-case, extremely liberal nominee to the Supreme Court, but he's not exactly sure what new nominee Elena Kagan's judicial philosophy is, and he vows a thorough probe into that.

He told the Deseret News that because of a private meeting he had with President Barack Obama last week, "I knew some of the ones he was looking at that were, at least ostensibly, much to the left of her. And, yes, I'm pleased that he did not go to them."

Hatch, a senior member of the Judiciary Committee and its former chairman, added, "I told him, 'I know you're going to pick Elena Kagan.' He's like a sphinx. He doesn't give you much facial expression at all, but I knew this was going to happen," Hatch said, in his first public discussion of that meeting last week.

Hatch said he figured Kagan would be picked because she is only 50 years old and could serve on the court for decades. Also, she has never been a judge, so it will be more difficult to pin down her judicial philosophy. She is the U.S. solicitor general and represents the federal government in cases before the Supreme Court.

Hatch said he is among those who really do not know what her judicial philosophy is. Even so, he added, "I know her quite well. I have lectured at Harvard (when she was dean of the law school there), and she's attended the lectures. She was very gracious and nice to me."

Hatch said, "Now, I have no doubt that she considers herself, to use their term, a 'progressive.' In other words, a liberal. You're not going to get anybody from this administration who isn't a liberal. So that's no problem. The question is, does she meet the qualifications for the Supreme Court."

Hatch added, "As far as I'm concerned, judicial qualifications go beyond legal experience. Any Supreme Court nominee should have an impressive resume, and she does. The more important qualification is judicial philosophy and a nominee's understanding of the proper role of a justice," which he said is to interpret the Constitution and not rewrite it.

"I'll examine her entire record," Hatch said. "Any conclusions I arrive at will be based on evidence, not blind faith."

He said that will include asking the White House to release documents about her work as an aide during the Clinton administration for clues about her philosophy.

"I just hope the administration will cooperate," he said, adding that Democrats had asked for such evidence about Republican nominees.

Hatch said the upcoming process will likely be long, if not contentious. He figures that hearings cannot happen until July, to give Republicans and others time to delve into Kagan's beliefs.

"Every writing she's ever made, speech she's ever made and comment she's ever made will be looked at by all members of the Judiciary Committee and their staffs, and that takes a little bit of time," he said.

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