The past week has seen two cases of hysterical overreaction that we could have done without.  The first is the domestic left—wing response to the Hamdan decision. This was a strictly procedural decision in which the majority of justices decided that President Bush failed to touch third base and has to hammer out an agreement with Congress before he does what he planned to do in the first place. It's hard to look at it without wondering if the justices have perhaps a little too much time on their hands.  But that's not how the media, the Democrats, or most left—of—center public—interest law firms see it. In their eyes, the court succeeded in prying the country (or the Constitution, or the Rule of Law) out of Chimpy W. Hitler's hands seconds before he dragged it into the abyss. Robert Alt has gathered various comments at NRO, ranging from the lawyer who believes the Al—Queda are 'the good guys' to Feinstein and Pelosi insisting that...(Read Full Post)