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Senator Lieberman: The Joe I Know

Jim Kennedy | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

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Jim Kennedy

As someone who worked for Joe Lieberman for more than 17 years, I'm often asked, "What's wrong with your old boss?" Some fellow former "Lieberstaffers" have even been privately critical of his recent actions.

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Sotomayor Draws Testy Retort From Clarence Thomas In Debut Decision

Posted 12.09.2009 | Politics

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Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the court's newest member, delivered the Supreme Court's first opinion of the new term. The unanimous decision was noteworthy...

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Clarence Thomas To Other Supreme Court Justices: Be Quiet

AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Clarence Thomas, the justice long known as the silent member of the Supreme Court, criticized his colleagues Friday for badge...

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Sotomayor Asks More Questions In An Hour Than Thomas Has In Years

Huffington Post | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

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The Supreme Court's newest justice, Sonia Sotomayor, made her presence felt as the court began its new term Monday, the AP reports. The Supreme Cou...

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Court signals it may loosen campaign spending

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court signaled Wednesday it may let businesses and unions spend freely to help their favored candidates in time for nex...

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Sonia and the Supremes

Shawn Healy | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

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Shawn Healy

Given the alignment of stars in Sotomayor's strive for the Supremes, her sterling resume made confirmation all but inevitable.

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Supermen of Manhattan, Part I

Christian Nwachukwu, Jr. | Posted 08.25.2009 | New York

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Christian Nwachukwu, Jr.

We stood on the roof of the Flatiron Building, the steroided bottle rockets and Roman candles coming across the sky. Below us: a queue of cars facing west; a forest of folding chairs at the pier; the river like pitch; sulfur in the air.

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Forget Being "Borked," She's Been "Sotomayored"

Karl Frisch | Posted 08.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Supreme Court, Washington Times, Robert Bork, Ann Coulter, Lou Dobbs, David Souter, Media, John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Tucker Carlson, Ricci v. Destefano, Media Matters, Sandra Day O'Connor, William Safire, Scotus, Cnn, Sonia Sotomayor, Fox News, Samuel Alito, People for the American Way, Media News
Karl Frisch

It's clear the conservative press has little interest in ascertaining the veracity of right-wing smears against Sotomayor before advancing them.

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Right to Privacy and Strict Constructionist Republicans

Donnie Fowler | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

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Donnie Fowler

What they say: Republicans say they hate government but also claim to be strict constructionists when it comes to the Constitution, but when it comes ...

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Clarence Thomas

Jeff Danziger | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

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Jeff Danziger

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Clarence Thomas Stands Up for the Right to Strip Teenagers Naked

Andrew Bergman | Posted 07.26.2009 | Comedy

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Andrew Bergman

Hats off to Justice Clarence Thomas for his courageous stand on behalf of school officials' right to strip teenagers naked in an effort to find prescription pills.

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Supreme Court Makes It Harder To Prove Age Discrimination

AP | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has made it harder to prove discrimination on the basis of age, ruling against an employee in his mid-50s who say...

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Message to Republicans: Attacking Sotomayor is Another Nail in Your Coffin

Andy Ostroy | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics

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Andy Ostroy

It's been utterly fascinating to witness the speed and consistency of the vitriol heaped on Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's choice for the United States Supreme Court.

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Judge Sonia Sotomayor's Nomination: Obama Gives the Nation Another Teaching Moment

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 06.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Latina, Karl Rove, Alberto Gonzalez, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, President Obama and Judge Sotomayor, Kkk, La Raza, President Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Mike Allen, " Immigration, The Minutemen, Judge Sotomayor, Lou Dobbs, G. Gordon Liddy, Newt Gingrich, Glen Beck, Jonathan Martin, Clarence Thomas, Tom Tancredo, Dolores Huerta, Cnn, "Racism, Latino, Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's Nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Sotomayor, Mark Krikorian, Latino Vote, David Duke, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Colbert, Stephen Colbert, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

One thing is clear: President Obama's choice of a Latina woman has sparked the ugliest reaction from the Republican Right we've seen years.

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Sam Stein

Clarence Thomas On Walking In Another's Shoes (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.30.2009 | Politics

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Among the charges thrown at Sonia Sotomayor by her conservative critics, the argument that she and the President who nominated her to the Supreme Cour...

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Jason Linkins

Empathy Cited As Important By Many Court Nominees (And Today's Scritti Politti)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media

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Well, we can officially put this ridiculous argument over empathy to bed, because, as it turns out, our Supreme Court justices are so gosh-darned empa...

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The Right's Supremely Flawed Opening Argument Against Sotomayor

Karl Frisch | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media

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Karl Frisch

The Right's reaction to Sotomayor's "wise Latina" comment shows that numerous conservatives in the media have savaged her as a racist and a bigot.

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The Empathy Seat on the Supreme Court

Thane Rosenbaum | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

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Thane Rosenbaum

Somewhere between graduating from law school, the passing of the bar, and the hanging up of a shingle, those who are licensed to navigate our legal system have lost their inner-Atticus Finch.

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That's All You Got? The Attacks on Sotomayor Come Across as Desperate

Daniel Cubias | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

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Daniel Cubias

In the spirit of bipartisanship, I offer the following: Drop the lame attacks on Sonia Sotomayor, because they're not going to work.

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Sotomayor Racist?

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

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Abby L. Ferber

The fact that these conservative politicians and commentators don't even see racism unless they feel it is directed against them is precisely why we need the voices of women of color on the court.

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Sotomayor and the Politics of Affirmative Action

Trey Ellis | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

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Trey Ellis

Nothing gets the right wing's panties in a bunch more than a hyper-qualified person of color. And if that person happens to have a vagina...? Fuggedaboutit.

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The Real Story Behind How Supreme Court Justices Are Chosen; Gingirch Leading Fight Shows WH Winning On Sotomayor

Jennifer Donahue | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

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Jennifer Donahue

The right will put up a fight to keep the base happy, but to really derail Judge Sotomayor, they will need something even bigger than Anita Hill was for Clarence Thomas.

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"Gay, or Straight, Black, or White: Love is Love, Right is Right!" Right?

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 06.18.2009 | Living

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Michael Henry Adams

Many activist gays have readily embraced the notion that "Queers" are "today's African Americans," with marriage equality an issue comparable to earlier more bitter struggles for civil rights.

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In Choosing Souter's Replacement, Obama Should Follow the Lead of... George W. Bush?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

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Mitchell Bard

If George W. Bush was able to influence the Court for the next 20 years, Obama certainly should do the same.

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Leah Ward Sears' Court Chances Complicated By Clarence Thomas Bond

Washington Post | Krissah Thompson | Posted 06.10.2009 | Politics

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One day in the early 1990s, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas telephoned Leah Ward Sears to introduce himself. She was a rising star in Georgia's ...

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