Judicial Nominations

How Progressives Take Back the Constitution

Doug Kendall | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, 14th Amendment, Strict Constructionist, Polling, Judicial Nominations, Mellman, Constitution, Barack Obama, John McCain, Politics News
Doug Kendall

Conservatives have learned how to talk about judicial nominations and the future of the Supreme Court in ways that rally the base while not alienating the political center, and progressives haven't mastered this trick.

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What John McCain Should Have Told Whoopi

Doug Kendall | Posted 09.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, The View, John McCain, Constitution, Whoopi Goldberg, Judicial Nominations, John McCain the View, Mccain Judicial Philosophy, McCain Constitution, John McCain Supreme Court, Constitution Day, Politics News
Doug Kendall

On The View, McCain fed into the argument that conservative "originalists" overvalue the 1789 text and undervalue the Amendments.

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Narrow Debate About Judges A Disservice to Voters

Nan Aron | Posted 11.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Judges, Judicial Nominations, Neoconservatives, Suzanne Malveaux, Media Slanting, Pro-Life, Las Vegas Debate, Pro-Choice, Media Bias, Wolf Blitzer, Politics News
Nan Aron

Hot-button issues such as reproductive and gay rights are important topics, but the media does the American people a disservice when it perpetuates a single minded approach to judicial selection.

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