Supreme Court Politics

Justice Ginsburg Worries About Supreme Court's Politicization

Posted 08.31.2011

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg expressed concern over the increasing influence of politics on the Supreme Court in a recent interview with USA Today. ...

Clerks Highlight Supreme Court’s Polarization

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Each year, 36 young lawyers obtain the most coveted credential in American law: a Supreme Court clerkship. Clerking for a justice is a glittering caps...

Sam Stein

White House: "Little Political Significance" To Ricci Decision

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

The White House insisted on Monday that the political dynamics behind Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination had not changed with the Supreme Cour...

Sam Stein

Sotomayor Nomination Close To A Done Deal, 70 Votes Predicted

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Nearly a month after she was nominated, Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation for the Supreme Court is about as close to a sure thing as the Obama Whit...