Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Fashion Students Design Robes for Sotomayor

Stephanie Green | Posted 10.13.2009 | Style


Stephanie Green

We tapped some local fashion designers and high school students through our friends at Fashion Fights Poverty (FFP) to produce sketches for Justice Sotomayor to consider.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Exits Hospital

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who had cancer surgery earlier this year, made a quick return to work Friday after feeli...

Justice Ginsburg's Advice to Sonia? Shop in Europe!

Stephanie Green | Posted 11.14.2009 | Style


Stephanie Green

Although Justice Ginsburg gave her new friend on the Court a white collar worn by female justices, she explained that Justice Sotomayor is going to have to go across the pond to do her robe shopping.

Poisonous Atmosphere Keeping Obama From Appointing Judges

The New Yorker | Jeffrey Toobin | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics


The Obama Administration wanted to send a message with the President's first nomination to a federal court. "There was a real conscious decision to us...

Sotomayor Takes Her Place On High Court Bench

AP | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Justice Sonia Sotomayor has taken her seat at the Supreme Court in front of a packed courtroom that included President Barack Obama...

Summer Style Statements: From Barack Obama's Jeans To Carla Bruni's Bikini (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 10.23.2009 | Style


The hot and leisurely summer months are coming to an end, and with it, a season full of style statements. From Barack's jeans to Michelle's shorts, Sa...

Sotomayor To Wear Judicial Collar Given To Her By Ginsburg (VIDEO)

Huffington Post via ABC News | Posted 10.20.2009 | Style


Not only is the Supreme Court robe unfashionable, but it was also designed mainly for men. Sandra Day O'Connor, the Supreme Court's first female justi...

"Unsettling": Chief Justice John Roberts On Changing Supreme Court

Huffington Post | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics


For Chief Justice John Roberts, the arrival of a new Supreme Court justice is "to some extent .... unsettling." Justice Roberts, a relative newcomer ...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Ever-So-Eccentric And Thoroughly Charming Style (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Anya Strzemien | Posted 09.14.2009 | Style


When Ruth Bader Ginsburg rolled up at Wednesday's Sotomayor reception in a glamorous gold robe and the most charming lace gloves we've ever seen, we w...

Obama Should Nominate Feingold Next to Supreme Court

Matthew Rothschild | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics


Matthew Rothschild

Obama would do himself proud, and his progressive base proud, and the Constitution proud, by nominating Russ Feingold to fill the next vacancy on the Supreme Court.

History in the Making

Marcia D. Greenberger | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics


Marcia D. Greenberger

When the Senate confirms Judge Sotomayor, she will become the first Latina, the first woman of color, and only the third woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Gates's Arbitrary Arrest: It Happens in New York Too

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 08.27.2009 | New York


Michael Henry Adams

Irrespective of how educated or rich one might be, to be a black man in America is still a condition in which one feels he has no rights that any police officer is bound to respect.

Ginsburg Defends Sotomayor's Wise Latina Remark: Reaction "Ridiculous"

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics


In a long interview to be published in this week's New York Times Magazine, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg defended Judge Sonia Sotomayor m...

Supreme Court Offers "Strong Basis" but Little Guidance in Ricci Decision

Irasema Garza | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics


Irasema Garza

The Supreme Court's ruling last week in Ricci vs. DeStefano should not be understated: the decision threatens to undermine the vital function of the country's historic civil rights legislation.

After New Haven: Random Ruminations on Race

Rick Horowitz | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics


Rick Horowitz

At some point, the surgeon has to pick up the knife; the fire captain has to send his people into the burning building. They need to know what they're doing.

Stating the Obvious

Irasema Garza | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics


Irasema Garza

Sonia Sotomayor has more judicial experience than any Supreme Court nominee of the past 100 years. She is an outstanding nominee. Yet her detractors attack her for having stated the obvious.

Supreme Court Pulls Old Negotiating Tricks on Fiat

John Marshall | Posted 07.09.2009 | Comedy


John Marshall

The Supreme Court delayed the sale of most of Chrysler's assets to Fiat by telling the carmaker, "Wait a minute. I have to go in the back and talk to my boss," an old negotiating ploy that heretofore has not been used on the sale of a whole car company.

This Mensa Moment Is Brought To You by G. Gordon Liddy

Lora Somoza | Posted 07.02.2009 | Comedy


Lora Somoza

We may have to eat excess chocolate if Sotomayor gets this nomination. Or all men may be forced to live silently in a garage for 3 days a month.

The Universal Rules of Framing

Gerald Sindell | Posted 07.01.2009 | Living


Gerald Sindell

Brilliant framing can be so effective in launching ideas that often the framing and the idea become intertwined forever.

Sonia Sotomayor and Elle Woods Have a Lot in Common

Joanne Bamberger | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics


Joanne Bamberger

Conservatives are going to try to convince America that no judge should be appointed to the Supreme Court who doesn't decide cases by applying the law to the facts of a case in a vacuum.

No More Judges on the Supreme Court

Stanley Kutler | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics


Stanley Kutler

Since David Souter announced his intention to retire from active service, media speculation has percolated over a likely successor. Enter Barack Obama, professor of constitutional law.

Ginsburg: Supreme Court Needs Another Woman

USA Today | Joan Biskupic | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics


n interviews with USA TODAY before Souter's retirement announcement Friday, Ginsburg said the court needs another woman. "Women belong in all places w...

Mother's Day Special: Can Obama Deliver What Women Want?

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 06.06.2009 | Media


Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

With Supreme Court buzz dominating DC, gender issues are suddenly back in style despite the President's recent declaration that protecting abortion rights was not a high priority on his agenda.

Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: April 13, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics


Memo to CNN: How is it EVEN POSSIBLE that you guys have not made this headline into a t-shirt yet? It's like you all aren't even trying to win...

Justice Ginsburg Laments Being Court's Only Woman

AP | MATT LEINGANG | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics


COLUMBUS, Ohio — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Friday it's lonely being the only woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. Ginsburg told law students...