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Standing on One's Principles: An Interview With Ron Reagan

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Jim Inhoff, George Bush, Anthony Weiner, Anthony Scalia, Tea Party, Rush Limbaugh, Nbc, Bernie Sanders, Elvis Perkins, Alan Grayson, John Roberts, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Political News, Risky Business, The Beatles, U2, Entertainment News, Health Care Reform, Samuel Alito, Glenn Beck, Media News, Tom Cruise, Saturday Night Live, Global Warming, Ron Reagan, Media News
Mike Ragogna

Ron Reagan is the son of a president and, weekdays on Air America, he's a voice of reason for many listeners who are trying to navigate the complexities of national and global concerns.

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The Human Sacrifice Channel

Rory O'Connor | Posted 10.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Supreme Court, Goldman Sachs, Samuel Alito, Media News
Rory O'Connor

And when it comes to television, everybody's apparently a programming expert -- from Wall Street titans to Supreme Court Justices.

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6 Supreme Court Justices Attend Catholic Service Red Mass; Cardinal Pleads For Rights Of Unborn

AP | Posted 10.04.2009 | Home

Read More: Michael Steele, Red Mass, Supreme Court, Scalia, Justice, Ray Lahood, Roberts, Kennedy, Alito, Antonin Scalia, St. Matthew Cathedral, Pro-Life, Joe Biden, John Roberts, Breyer, Biden, Cardinal DiNardo, Catholicism, Stephen Breyer, Abortion, John Carroll Society, Anti-Abortion, Sonia Sotomayor, Pro-Choice, Sotomayor, Samuel Alito, Ken Salazar, Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, Anthony Kennedy, D.C., Catholic, Home News

WASHINGTON — An American cardinal on Sunday issued a plea for the rights of the unborn at a church service that included Vice President Joe Bide...

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Poisonous Atmosphere Keeping Obama From Appointing Judges

The New Yorker | Jeffrey Toobin | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Michelle Obama, Senate Judiciary Committee, Patrick Leahy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, George W. Bush, President Obama, Post-Partisanship, Lee Hamilton, John Roberts, Stephen Breyer, John Paul Stevens, John Podesta, Sonia Sotomayor, Samuel Alito, Partisanship, Gregory Craig, Richard Lugar, David Hamilton, President Clinton, Politics News

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...

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Sotomayor Expected To Favor Campaign Finance Restrictions In Upcoming Case

Washington Independent | Daphne Eviatar | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Campaign Finance Reform, Sonia Sotomayor, Hillary the Movie, David Souter, Samuel Alito, John Roberts, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Politics News

The upcoming re-argument of the case of Citizens United v. FEC, challenging corporate contributions to the financing of Hillary: The Movie, is raising...

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Sonia and the Supremes

Shawn Healy | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts, Ronald Reagan, Robert Bork, Mel Martinez, President Barack Obama, Sonia Sotomayor, Senator Kennedy, Filibuster, David Souter, Samuel Alito, Lindsey Graham, C. Harrold Carswell, Clement Haynsworth, Clarence Thomas, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Sotomayor Confirmation, Obama-Sotomayor-Pick, Sonia Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings, Obama Sotomayor, Politics News
Shawn Healy

Given the alignment of stars in Sotomayor's strive for the Supremes, her sterling resume made confirmation all but inevitable.

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Forget Being "Borked," She's Been "Sotomayored"

Karl Frisch | Posted 08.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Supreme Court, Washington Times, Robert Bork, Ann Coulter, Lou Dobbs, David Souter, Media, John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Tucker Carlson, Ricci v. Destefano, Media Matters, Sandra Day O'Connor, William Safire, Scotus, Cnn, Sonia Sotomayor, Fox News, Samuel Alito, People for the American Way, Media News
Karl Frisch

It's clear the conservative press has little interest in ascertaining the veracity of right-wing smears against Sotomayor before advancing them.

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Sotomayor Hearings are Political Bullsh*t

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts, Sonia Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings, Senate Judiciary Committee, Sonia Sotomayer, Sonia Sotomayor Views, Sonia Sotomayor, Samuel Alito, U.S. Constitution, Constitution, Politics News
Miles Mogulescu

Senate confirmation hearings on judicial nominations are a form of Kabuki Theater in which everyone plays their assigned roles and no one tells the whole truth.

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Can the Supreme Court Be Pure Again? (Was It Ever?)

Deepak Chopra | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Samuel Alito, Miranda Rights, John Roberts, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

The justices' supposed detachment from the dirty business of politics was exposed as sham during the 2000 election. If Sotomayor were the partisan zealot portrayed by her opponents, she'd fit right in.

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For This Wise African American, Sotomayor Hearings Reveal the Heart of Race Conflict in America

Eric Deggans | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, U.S. Senate, Charles Grassley, Glenn Greenwald, Sonia Sotomayor, Jeff Sessions, Samuel Alito, Race, Confirmation Hearings, Politics News
Eric Deggans

The GOP decries Sotomayor's statements about heritage, but in 2005 another Supreme Court nominee told the Senate that in discrimination cases, he often takes into account his own family's history.

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Let the Hearing Begin

Nan Aron | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Alliance for Justice, Samuel Alito, Sotomayor Confirmation, John Roberts, Judge Sotomayor, Sotomayor Nomination, Supreme Court, Naacp, Perldef, Politics News
Nan Aron

Next week will do more than allow Americans to learn more about Judge Sonia Sotomayor, it will also present an opportunity to examine the legal agenda of the hard-right.

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Demolition Specialists: The Supreme Court's 2008/2009 Term

Nan Aron | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Haven Firefighters, Ricci v. Destefano, Supreme Court, Antonin Scalia, Sonia Sotomayor, Samuel Alito, John Roberts, Anthony Kennedy, Politics News
Nan Aron

In Ricci v. DeStefano, the five conservatives on the Supreme Court struck a blow against this nation's most effective weapon for eliminating discrimination from our workplaces.

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Sam Stein

GOP Demands More Sotomayor Docs, Despite Limiting Disclosure With Alito

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor Disclosure, Alito Disclosure, Documents Sotomayor, Sotomayor, Politics News

Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination for the Supreme Court has hit a small snag as high-ranking Republicans in the Senate are demanding that more inform...

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Sam Stein

Sessions On Alito: We "Don't Have To Read Everything He's Written"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Samuel Alito, Alito Nomination, Sessions Alito, George Bush Sessions, Jeff Sessions, Obama Sessions, Politics News

As the leading Republican voice on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Jeff Sessions is insisting that Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supr...

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Sotomayor Confirmation: A View from Way Outside the Beltway

Sandy Maisel | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Cornyn, Samuel Alito, Obama, John Roberts, Rush Limbaugh, Newt Gingrich, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News
Sandy Maisel

Sotomayor is probably more qualified than any recent nominee for the Court. She represents two demographic groups that are grossly underrepresented -- and she deserves confirmation.

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Jason Linkins

Empathy Cited As Important By Many Court Nominees (And Today's Scritti Politti)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Video, Service Journalism, Empathy, Sandra Day O'Connor, Media Criticism, Dick Cheney, Sonia Sotomayor, Samuel Alito, Rappers, Clarence Thomas, Torture, Media News

Well, we can officially put this ridiculous argument over empathy to bed, because, as it turns out, our Supreme Court justices are so gosh-darned empa...

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The Right's Supremely Flawed Opening Argument Against Sotomayor

Karl Frisch | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Ed Schultz, Supreme Court, Msnbc, Concerned Women for America, Washington Times, Rush Limbaugh, Antonin Scalia, Media, Lou Dobbs, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Barack Obama, Cnn, George H.W. Bush, Media Matters, Sean Hannity, Sonia Sotomayor, Samuel Alito, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Media News, Media News
Karl Frisch

The Right's reaction to Sotomayor's "wise Latina" comment shows that numerous conservatives in the media have savaged her as a racist and a bigot.

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The Ten Most Shocking Personal Moments of the Supreme Court

Katie Halper | Posted 06.28.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor, Samuel Alito, Judge Breyer, Antonin Scalia, Robert Bork, John Roberts, William Rehnquist, Comedy News
Katie Halper

Everyone is speculating about the ways Sotomayor's personal background will compromise her judicial integrity. I mean, it's pretty hard to hold a gavel while eating arroz con pollo, let alone while having a vagina.

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Bush v. Gore Rears Its Head (Part IV): A New Check on the Court to Defend the Rule of Law

Shahid Buttar | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Checks and Balances, Chuck Schumer, Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts, US Supreme Court, New Deal, Sonia Sotomayor, Antitrust, Samuel Alito, Fdr, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Constitution, Federalist Papers, Ted Kennedy, Judicial Activism, Third Party, Congress, Voting Rights Act, Antonin Scalia, Imperial Presidency, Voting Rights, Ethics, Supreme Court Bush vs. Gore, Politics News
Shahid Buttar

The false national consensus that national security should trump constitutional protections for liberty and privacy exemplifies such collusion today.

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Sam Stein

Sotomayor's Reversals No Different Than Souter Or Alito

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Samuel Alito, Alito Supreme Court, Sotomayor, Reversal Supreme Court, Sotomayor Appeals, Sotomayor Reversal, Politics News

One of the major critiques being launched at judge Sonia Sotomayor involves the Supreme Court's reversal of three of her appellate court decisions. Th...

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In Choosing Souter's Replacement, Obama Should Follow the Lead of... George W. Bush?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Collective Bargaining, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, Al Franken, George W. Bush, President Obama, Activist Judges, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Harriet Miers, Campaign Finance Reform, Sandra Day O'Connor, Conservatives, George H.W. Bush, Partial Birth Abortion, Antitrust, William Rehnquist, Judge Henry Friendly, William O. Douglas, Antonin Scalia, d.c. Handgun Ban, John Roberts, Hank Aaron, Barack Obama, Conservative Activist Judges, Exclusionary Rule, Jimmy Carter, Samuel Alito, Bipartisanship, Anthony Kennedy, Republicans, Politics News
Mitchell Bard

If George W. Bush was able to influence the Court for the next 20 years, Obama certainly should do the same.

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Jeff Sessions Demanded Up-Or-Down Vote On Alito

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Samuel Alito, Sessions Alito, Supreme Court Filibuster, Obama Supreme Court, Jeff Sessions, Sessions Gop, Jeff Sessions Alito, Supreme Court Nominee, Politics News

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), now the Republican with the most power to delay President Obama's Supreme Court nominees, decried filibusters during the ...

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Jason Linkins

Bill Kristol Vowed "Let's Have A Referendum...In 2006 And 2008" On Supreme Court Nominations

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Justice Souter, Video, David Souter Retires, David Souter, Samuel Alito, Politics News

Media Matters yanks this gem from their archives, in which Fox News Sunday's regular group panel weighs in on the nomination of Supreme Court Justice ...

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Taking A Lost Case to the Supreme Court-- Three Times?

Rob Kall | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Altria, Supreme Court, Big Tobacco, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Oregon, Politics News
Rob Kall

It is outrageously wrong that Altria/R.J. Reynolds tobacco could, because of its immense wealth and deep pockets, delay and abuse the Supreme Court system.

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Scalia the Homophobe and Barney Frank the Hero

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Barney Frank, Antonin Scalia, Homophobia, Scalia, Samuel Alito, Gay, Constitution, Scalia-Homophobe, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

Barney Frank has called one of the most senior justices of the Supreme Court a homophobe.

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