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Scalia Misquoted On Brown v. Board Of Education (CORRECTED)

Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Activist Judges, Justice Scalia, Brown v. Board of Education, Constitution, Antonin Scalia, Politics News

CORRECTION: An item posted here -- reporting that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said that if he were on the court in 1954, he would have dissen...

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Of Columbus Day and Crosses

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Crosses, Religion, George Washington, Christopher Columbus, Antonin Scalia, Touro Synagogue, Founding Fathers, Fort Matanzas, Christianity, New England, Separation of Church and State, Politics News
Kenneth C. Davis

The litany of sectarian killings that has been such a grotesque piece of America's "hidden history" is the reason that some of the Framers thought the First Amendment was so necessary.

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Justice Scalia's Cross

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Scalia, Justice Scalia, Antonin Scalia, Originalism, John Adams, Christianity, Thomas Jefferson, Peter J. Eliasberg, Aclu, Politics News
Geoffrey R. Stone

Justice Scalia takes umbrage at the suggestion that an eight-foot-high Christian cross, erected as a memorial to soldiers killed in military service, violates the First Amendment's Establishment Clause.

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No Cross for Me, Thanks Anyway

David Weinberger | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

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David Weinberger

Justice Scalia is right that it's intended to honor all the war dead. The problem is the assumption that you honor all war dead by putting up the religious symbols honored by some.

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Blind Faith: Supreme Court Meltdown

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mojave Desert, Scalia, First Amendment, Cross, Establishment Clause, Scalia Cross Remarks, Scalia Cross, Religion in America, Antonin Scalia, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

If a Christian would not select a Star of David then why on earth would a Jew choose a cross? Yet that is exactly what Scalia proposes. The notion that the cross represents everybody is bizarre.

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Scalia Defends Cross On Public Land, Claims It Represents Everyone

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — As the Supreme Court weighed a dispute over a religious symbol on public land Wednesday, Justice Antonin Scalia was having difficul...

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6 Supreme Court Justices Attend Catholic Service Red Mass; Cardinal Pleads For Rights Of Unborn

AP | Posted 10.04.2009 | Home

Read More: Michael Steele, Red Mass, Supreme Court, Scalia, Justice, Ray Lahood, Roberts, Kennedy, Alito, Antonin Scalia, St. Matthew Cathedral, Pro-Life, Joe Biden, John Roberts, Breyer, Biden, Cardinal DiNardo, Catholicism, Stephen Breyer, Abortion, John Carroll Society, Anti-Abortion, Sonia Sotomayor, Pro-Choice, Sotomayor, Samuel Alito, Ken Salazar, Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, Anthony Kennedy, D.C., Catholic, Home News

WASHINGTON — An American cardinal on Sunday issued a plea for the rights of the unborn at a church service that included Vice President Joe Bide...

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Did Thomas Jefferson Think Corporations Were People?

Carl Pope | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts, Scotus, John Roberts, Mccain-Feingold, Antonin Scalia, Politics News
Carl Pope

Will the Supreme Court overturn 102 years of precedent and rule that corporations have the same right to spend money to influence elections that citizens possess?

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Stevens' Clerks Believe He Will Retire Next Spring

Newsweek | Howard Fineman | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Paul Stevens, White House, John Paul Stevens Retiring, Antonin Scalia, Sonia Sotomayor, George W. Bush, President Obama, Harold Koh, John Roberts, State Department, Politics News

Less than two weeks ago, Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens made news in a typically elliptical court way. He announced that he had hired only on...

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McCain Calls Out Chief Justice Roberts Over Campaign Finance Case

True Slant | Kate Klonick | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, John McCain, John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, Sonia Sotomayor, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Politics News

Yesterday marked the first case in front of newly-minted Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and the Court spared no controversy. The case, Citizens United v. F...

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Court signals it may loosen campaign spending

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Russ Feingold, Bill Clinton, White House, John McCain, Congress, George W. Bush, Antonin Scalia, President Obama, Theodore Olson, Joe Biden, John Roberts, Mark Penn, Clarence Thomas, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Sonia Sotomayor, Hillary Clinton, Senate Confirmation Hearings, Anthony Kennedy, Elena Kagan, Politics News

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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Justice Sotomayor, Justice Scalia and Our Six Catholic Justices

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 09.28.2009 | Home

Read More: Supreme Court, Roe vs Wade, Catholicism, William Rehnquist, Sonia Sotomayor, Antonin Scalia, Home News
Geoffrey R. Stone

Does the religion of the justices in any way matter to the business of the Supreme Court? During Sotomayor's confirmation hearings, her faith was largely backgrounded, as if being Latina matters but being Catholic doesn't.

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Legalized: Oral Sex, Sodomy and Immoral Prosecutions

Tina Dupuy | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Sodomy, Sodomy Laws, Sandra Day O'Connor, Medicinal-Marijuana, Scotus, Equal Protection Clause, Antonin Scalia, Marijuana Laws, Pot, Weed, Politics News
Tina Dupuy

Illegal is not the same as immoral. Jaywalking is illegal, few would argue it's immoral. What lawmakers, banks and brokers did to the economy was technically legal -- but it was far from being moral.

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When It Comes to Claims of Actual Innocence, Courts Need to Consider Recantations

John Maki | Posted 09.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Exoneration, Johnnie Lee Savory, Capital Punishment, Death Row, Cook County Criminal Justice System, Criminal Justice, Recantations, Center on Wrongful Convictions, Thaddeus Jimenez, Innocence, Troy Davis, Antonin Scalia, Illinois Death Penalty, Chicago News
John Maki

You might think that judges would be willing to review convictions based on testimony that was later recanted, but in fact courts frequently ignore recantations.

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Right to Privacy and Strict Constructionist Republicans

Donnie Fowler | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Originalist, Strict Constructionist, Antonin Scalia, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News
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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Sonia Sotomayor and the Real Meaning of Republican Talking Points

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Wise Latina, Latino, US Senate, Antonin Scalia, Sonia Sotomayor, Jeff Sessions, Racism, White, John Roberts, Jon Kyl, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

Asserting that a judge's background and experience influence their decision is not unlike asserting that the Pacific Ocean is wet.

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Can White Men Shed Their Prejudices Better Than Others?

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sodomy, Supreme Court, Homosexual, White Privilege, Hearings, Antonin Scalia, Sonia Sotomayor, Jeff Sessions, Lewis Powell, Senate Confirmation, Prejudice, Race, Politics News
Nathaniel Frank

The implication of Sessions' inquisition was that, as a white male with no distinguishing "heritage" to speak of, he and his ilk can make judgments totally free of feelings, belief, or experience.

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Demolition Specialists: The Supreme Court's 2008/2009 Term

Nan Aron | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Haven Firefighters, Ricci v. Destefano, Supreme Court, Antonin Scalia, Sonia Sotomayor, Samuel Alito, John Roberts, Anthony Kennedy, Politics News
Nan Aron

In Ricci v. DeStefano, the five conservatives on the Supreme Court struck a blow against this nation's most effective weapon for eliminating discrimination from our workplaces.

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The Fraud of Honest-Services Fraud

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

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Gary S. Chafetz

Essentially, honest-services fraud makes prosecutors omnipotent, because they can charge anybody they want with a federal felony.

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Life Experience and Judicial Perspective

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

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Geoffrey R. Stone

The focus instead should be on Sotomayor's intellectual ability, her judicial philosophy, and the nature and quality of her legal experience. But life experience isn't irrelevant.

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

Andy Ostroy | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Souter, Newt Gingrich US Supreme Court, President Obama, George H.W. Bush, Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News
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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Jason Linkins

NYT Recycles 'Sharp-Tongue' Criticism Of Sotomayor

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media

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I don't think I mentioned it previously, but when President Barack Obama announced that he would be submitting Second Circuit Court of Appeals Judge S...

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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 Supreme Court: New Face, Old Arguments

Stanley Kutler | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Republican Opposition, Barack Obama, Sonia Sotomayer, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Woodrow Wilson, Guantanamo Detainees, Antonin Scalia, Politics News
Stanley Kutler

Sotomayor has the "right" gender, ethnicity, and experience; nevertheless, we can expect the Republicans to mount an "ideological" opposition.

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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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