Judicial Nominations

How Progressives Take Back the Constitution

Doug Kendall | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics


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.

What John McCain Should Have Told Whoopi

Doug Kendall | Posted 09.16.2008 | Politics


Doug Kendall

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

Narrow Debate About Judges A Disservice to Voters

Nan Aron | Posted 11.19.2007 | Politics


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.