Retirement needs and expectations are moving targets, and it's difficult to focus on priorities that may be decades away, but a few practical policy changes now can improve the financial security of countless Americans.
William Fisher | Posted 05.25.2011
Souter spoke of the spectacular ignorance of the American electorate about the government they select people to serve in. And the consequences of that ignorance.
Leah McElrath Renna | Posted 05.25.2011
This is a significant and beautiful day for our nation. There is so much else that will be said -- but let us take the time to say that first.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011
About two weeks ago, I criticized Jeffrey Rosen for a profile of potential Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Purporting to be "The Case Against ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011
The best work of Brian Joseph Burton, better known as DJ/produce par excellence Danger Mouse, is also best known for being illegal. Naturally, I refe...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011
If I had to boil down popular sentiment into a per curiam opinion, LOTS OF YOU want to drag Al Gore away from his family and environmental work back into public life as a Supreme Court Justice.
Sen. Barbara Boxer | Posted 05.25.2011
When 96 percent of all Supreme Court Justices throughout our history have been men, clearly it is evident that we need another woman on the Court.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011
It didn't inflame as quickly or resonate as deeply as some of those standout moments that occurred in his conversation with Dick Cheney, but Bob Schie...
Nan Aron | Posted 05.25.2011
Who is Senator Sessions? He's has been an outspoken opponent of the Voting Rights Act, immigration reform, embryonic stem cell research, and a woman's right to choose.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011
Who would have imagined that calling up one of Sotomayor's former employers might yield insight into her ability?
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011
If you have an opinion - or a dissent! - please share it with us, whether it's a personal nomination, an overlooked area of legal concern, or a specific criteria you'd look for in a Supreme Court nominee.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011
If one of the virtues of our legal system is the right to be confronted by one's accusers, then Jeffrey Rosen's case in the New Republic is a little wanting.
Chez Pazienza | Posted 05.25.2011
If I may, ma'am -- what are your thoughts on replacing the U.S. Constitution with a sexually explicit memo written by Bill O'Reilly to Andrea Mackris?
Joe Peyronnin | Posted 05.25.2011
I urge President Obama to nominate the first Hispanic Justice for the U.S. Supreme Court. And, by so doing, President Obama can make history again.
Thane Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011
The first 100 days in the life of an American president has never before been this blistering or eventful.
Dan Goleman | Posted 11.17.2011
There are at least three varieties of empathy, each with very different implications for spotting the right candidate.
HuffPost Radio | Posted 05.25.2011
Well, if there's news containing an "s" word, it's likely included in our latest show - a lively round up of lots of news.
The New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011
The news that Justice David H. Souter had decided to retire from the Supreme Court fanned the speculative flames in legal and political circles on Fri...
The Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
In the first signs of what is sure to be an avalanche of lobbying to come, advocacy groups today began the process of arguing for and against certain ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011
Hey everybody, did you know that today, there was a mighty Teabagging set for Michigan? Professional poli-sci hobo Joe The Plumber was supposed to be...
Time | Posted 05.25.2011
Both sides of the aisle spent all week lamenting/celebrating Arlen Specter's party switch and the potential for a 60 vote Democratic majority in the S...
The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 05.25.2011
Seth Waxman, one of the names on the short list for President Barack Obama's first Supreme Court nominee once Justice David Souter retires in June, wa...
AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011
Text of Justice Souter's retirement letter on Supreme Court stationery, dated May 1: Dear Mr. President: When the Supreme Court rises for the summer...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011
With the announcement that Justice David Souter is planning on retiring from the Supreme Court to return to New Hampshire, President Barack Obama now ...
The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011
Phone lines around Washington began burning this morning as conservative organizations kicked off preparations for the fight over President Obama's ev...
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011