All Posts Tagged With: "Supreme Court"
Looks Like Justice Kagan
The Associated Press is reporting that President Obama will announce the nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court at 10AM Monday morning, replacing the retiring John Paul Stevens. Kagan will be the third woman on the Supreme Court, and only the fourth overall.
9May2010 | liberalgeek | 59 comments | Continued
Pssst…Wanna Buy a Judge?
Ever since the Supreme Court issued its January ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (FEC), lifting the ban on corporate spending on elections, most of the attention has been directed towards how this would effect things like presidential and congressional races. And while there now will certainly be the opportunity for big corporations [...]
5Apr2010 | Scott P | 4 comments | Continued
Breaking: Supreme Court Opens The Floodgates
Instead of fighting amongst ourselves, perhaps we might want to keep our eye on the ball.
The long-awaited 5-4 ruling, in the Citizens United v. FEC case, presents advocates of regulation with a major challenge in limiting the flow of corporate money into campaigns, and potentially opens the door for unrestricted amounts of corporate money to [...]
The Wise Antonin Scalia Speaks
Supreme Court Justice and model for Republican judges Antonin Scalia:
In an appearance at the University of Arizona, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia “said he likely would have dissented from the historic 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision that declared school segregation illegal and struck down the system of ’separate but equal’; public schools,” the [...]
Sotomayor Confirmation Vote Today
The confirmation vote to make Sonia Sotomayor the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court is expected today. The confirmation is all but inevitable, the only remaining question is what the final vote total will be. Thirty Republicans have announced they are voting no, including Orrin Hatch who has never voted no on [...]
6Aug2009 | Unstable Isotope | 10 comments | Continued
Sotomayor Passes Senate Judiciary Committee
This just in:
As expected, the Senate Judiciary Committee has voted mostly along party lines to give a favorable recommendation to the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to replace David Souter on the Supreme Court. Her name will now be sent to the full Senate, where she will be confirmed next week.
The vote was 13 – 6, [...]
Final Sotomayor Hearings Open Thread
Highlights from Day 4 (final day) of the Sotomayor confirmation hearings.
17Jul2009 | Unstable Isotope | 2 comments | Continued
Sotomayor Hearings Day 4 Open Thread
Highlights from day 3 of the confirmation hearings for Sonia Sotomayor.
16Jul2009 | Unstable Isotope | 5 comments | Continued
Sotomayor Hearings Day 3 Open Thread
Highlights of questioning from day 2 of the Sotomayor confirmation hearings.
15Jul2009 | Unstable Isotope | 50 comments | Continued
Fresh Sotomayor Hearings Thread
Since you were all so chatty yesterday, here’s a fresh new thread to discuss the Sonia Sotomayor hearings.
Here’s a recap of yesterday’s hearings from TPM.
Here are yesterday’s opening statements. Pay special attention to Senator Whitehouse’s statement. Plus, brand new Senator Franken spoke! w00t!
TPM is also featuring liveblogging by a legal expert.
Sotomayor Hearings Start Today
Within weeks we should have a new Supreme Court associate justice, but the Republicans will try to make things interesting. Among the people that have been called as witnesses against Sotomayor are a Bush appointee who foresaw the need to create internment camps for Arab-Americans, anti-abortion activists and Frank Ricci, the dyslexic fireman from [...]
13Jul2009 | Unstable Isotope | 78 comments | Continued
How To Lose Women And Hispanics In One Fell Swoop
As if the Republican Party hasn’t purged enough. Inhofe brings on this gem.
“Of primary concern to me is whether or not Judge Sotomayor follows the proper role of judges and refrains from legislating from the bench. Some of her recent comments on this matter have given me cause for great concern. In the months ahead, [...]
Oops! RNC Accidentally Releases Their Sotomayor Talking Points To The… Media!
Honestly, can these people walk and chew gum at the same time? At the very least they should consider banning their members from using technology.
Whoops. The Republican National Committee (RNC) has apparently inadvertently released its list of talking points on the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.
Included on the released list were [...]
Supreme Court Rejects Ban on Medical Marijuana
And who’s to say it’s not for medicinal purposes?
The Supreme Court today struck down appeals from two holdout California counties that had opposed the lifting of the state’s ban on medical marijuana.
The action likely will clear the way for patients in San Diego and San Bernardino counties to seek county-issued identification cards that show they [...]
Let’s Talk Supreme Court
Any idea who Obama’s going to nominate… and why?
4May2009 | pandora | 24 comments | Continued
Breaking: Justice Souter To Retire
NBC is reporting that Justice David Souter will retire.
Link.
Stripping Away Child Rights (and clothes) In The Name Of Our War On Drugs
For quite some time I have been following the Supreme Court’s case involving the 13 year old girl who was strip searched because she was accused (falsely) of handing out prescription Advil. I haven’t written about this until now because, honestly, it upsets me too much. As the mother of a soon to be 12 [...]
23Apr2009 | pandora | 24 comments | Continued
Justice Ginsberg Had Surgery for Cancer Today
Via NPR
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the only woman currently serving on the nation’s highest court, underwent surgery Thursday for removal of a cancerous tumor from her pancreas.
Ginsburg, 75, is being treated at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
Pancreatic cancer is one of the very tough ones, but Justice Ginsberg survived colon cancer [...]
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