The Supreme Court Is at Stake on November 4th
If John McCain or, even worse, Sarah Palin, were to appoint the next several Supreme Court justices, their repressive, regressive world view would shape our nation's future for decades to come.
If John McCain or, even worse, Sarah Palin, were to appoint the next several Supreme Court justices, their repressive, regressive world view would shape our nation's future for decades to come.
Steven Waldman | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics
McCain won the battle to most thrill the activists but Obama got the bigger prize: he defined himself as a reasonable seeker of the common ground.
Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics
For the Supreme Court not to have liberal justices within its inner counsels undermines the Court's mission and leaves it intellectually crippled. It is flying on one wing.
Doug Kendall | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics
On The View, McCain fed into the argument that conservative "originalists" overvalue the 1789 text and undervalue the Amendments.
Cass R. Sunstein | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics
There is a close connection between the constitutional views of McCain's preferred judges and the political views of the extreme right-wing of the GOP.
Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 10.11.2008 | Politics
If McCain or, even worse, Palin appoints the next several justices, their repressive, regressive worldview will shape our nation's future regardless of what the American electorate may decide in the future.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics
Earlier today, John McCain gave one of his famous Straight Talk Express Town Hall Extravaganza Applesauce Chat Revival Shows in York, Pennsylvania, an...
Washington Post | Robert Barnes | Posted 07.06.2008 | Politics
For much of its term, the Supreme Court muted last year's noisy dissents, warmed to Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.'s vision of narrow, incremental ...
Martin Garbus | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics
For the first time in decades, the makeup on the Court is direct and center in the election. McCain and Obama have staked out totally different positions -- and whoever wins will have two nominations.
The Huffington Post | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics
John McCain heightened his rhetoric about the Boumediene v. Bush decision, which grants the Guantanamo detainees to question their confinement in civi...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.27.2008 | Media
Last week, ETP spoke with New Yorker scribe/CNN legal analyst/bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin about what a John McCain presidency would mean for the...
New Yorker | Jeff Toobin | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics
Jeff Toobin discusses what a John McCain presidency could mean about the future of the judiciary. Below is a telling excerpt from The New Yorker arti...
AP | LIBBY QUAID | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Republican John McCain criticized Democratic rival Barack Obama for voting against John Roberts as U.S. chief justice, rea...
Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics