Obama Supreme Court

Obama Birth Certificate: Supreme Court Turns Down Another Challenge

AP | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has turned down another challenge to Barack Obama's eligibility to serve as president because of his citizenship....

Pair Bringing Obama Birth Challenge To Supreme Court

MSNBC | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics


When the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court meet on Dec. 5th, in their regular private conference to decide which cases to hear, two lawsuits that hav...

Obama's Supreme Court: Who Would He Pick?

Los Angeles Times | David G. Savage | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama's election probably does not herald a new liberal era at the Supreme Court, since none of the conservative justices -- who are in the maj...

GOP Sen. Bond: Obama Wants Judges Who Empathize With "The Gay"

CBS News | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics


Taking the stage as one of the pre-program speakers at a Sarah Palin rally here in Rush Limbaugh's hometown, Sen. Kit Bond, R-Missouri, fired up the c...

Obama's Justice

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics


Geoffrey R. Stone

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.

Sam Stein

Obama: I Would Not Have Nominated Clarence Thomas

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.16.2008 | Politics


Back on the campaign trail, Sen. Barack Obama declared on Saturday that, had he been president at the time, he would not have nominated Clarence Thoma...

The Obama Problem

Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics


Jason Rosenbaum

The harsh reality is, Barack Obama can and will tack towards the center on issues that are important to progressives during the general election.

Sam Stein

Bloomberg Approves Of Supreme Court Ruling, Obama Echoes Stance

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics


The Supreme Court's ruling on Thursday that a ban on handguns in the District of Columbia was unconstitutional sent immediate ripples throughout the p...

Obama Sides With....The Bush Supreme Court?

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.04.2008 | Media


By taking an expansive position on capital punishment and siding with the Bush-and-McCain wing of the Court, Obama just made the distinction about what kind of Supreme Court appointments he might make less clear-cut. Perhaps that was the point.

Hey, There, Pay Attention -- The Supreme Court May Be Up For Grabs

Martin Garbus | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics


Martin Garbus

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.