Apparently, one of the things motivating Justice Ginsburg to get back to her regular schedule is Jim Bunning’s prediction of her imminent demise. Heck. If one of the most conservative Senators wants to motivate one of the most liberal Justices to stay at work, I’ll take that.

Glenn Greenwald writes about the revelation in David Brooks’ column today, to the effect that anonymous administration sources told him they were committed to reducing Social Security benefits. Funny that, because Ezra Klein’s anonymous administration sources told him they had no intention of doing so.

Three Republican-appointed judges have upheld most of the convictions of Governor Don Siegelman–while throwing out two counts of Mail Fraud. Their arguments aren’t very convincing.

Nooners, enthralled with the Marine Corps’ routine investigation of the fatal F-18 crash in San Diego, quotes a Marine who’s unhappy with the ways of Obama Washington.

…when the economy came crashing down, “nowhere did we see a board come out and say: ‘This is what happened, these are the decisions these particular people made, and this was the result.

Politico wrote the other day about “beat sweeteners,” the fluffy little profiles journalists do to curry favor with sources. Not journalists of the Jane Mayer caliber, mind you — more at the level of a Ryan Lizza, whose swooning profile of Rahm Emanuel in the New Yorker comes just as he is writing a book on the Obama White House entirely dependent on access.

The decision by the US Supreme Court in the case of Ali al-Mari is just hitting the wires. FDL’s legal eagles will have more on the decision shortly, but for now, here’s what we know. . . .

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed accused al Qaeda operative Ali al-Marri’s challenge to his indefinite military imprisonment, a week after President Barack Obama ordered him moved into the U.S.

Democratic congresswoman Shelley Berkley of Nevada is petitioning Secretary Clinton to withhold “urgent humanitarian aid” for Gaza.

Republican economist Martin Feldstein, the conservative economist Republicans quoted during the stimulus bill debate, is calling for another large spending/stimulus bill. Meanwhile, Senate Republicans held up the Ominibus Budget Bill yesterday because. . . it had too much spending for near-term projects.

The National Republican Campaign Committee on Thursday went on the attack against 18 freshman Democrats who it said weren’t fiscally conservative enough to earn stripes as “Blue Dog” Democrats.

How about we start Friday off with a little good news for a change? See if you can keep from smiling after reading this: “Ou[r] guests,” Gibson said, “are people on the street, people usually look through them. We all see people walk by them. That’s why we call them guests — not clients because they are special. Mrs. Obama’s visit tells our guests they are not forgotten. That President Obama and Mrs. Obama care about their neighborhood and their neighbors who a lot of people don’t care about.”