Tag: Supreme Court

Fresh Sotomayor Hearings Thread

Filed in National by on July 14, 2009 1 Comment

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.

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Sotomayor Hearings Start Today

Filed in National by on July 13, 2009 78 Comments

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 the […]

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How To Lose Women And Hispanics In One Fell Swoop

Filed in National by on May 27, 2009 21 Comments

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 […]

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Oops! RNC Accidentally Releases Their Sotomayor Talking Points To The… Media!

Filed in National by on May 26, 2009 21 Comments

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 […]

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Supreme Court Rejects Ban on Medical Marijuana

Filed in National by on May 18, 2009 3 Comments

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 […]

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Let’s Talk Supreme Court

Filed in National by on May 4, 2009 24 Comments

Any idea who Obama’s going to nominate… and why?

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Breaking: Justice Souter To Retire

Filed in National by on April 30, 2009 22 Comments

NBC is reporting that Justice David Souter will retire. Link.

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Stripping Away Child Rights (and clothes) In The Name Of Our War On Drugs

Filed in National by on April 23, 2009 24 Comments

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 […]

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Justice Ginsberg Had Surgery for Cancer Today

Filed in National by on February 5, 2009 16 Comments

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 […]

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