Sandra Day O?Connor

Constitution Check: Is Affirmative Action in College Admissions Doomed?

Lyle Denniston | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: John G. Roberts, Sandra Day O?Connor, Lee Bollinger, Grutter v. Bollinger, William H. Rehnquist, Affirmative Action, Fisher v. University of Texas, College News
Lyle Denniston

It will be months, maybe not until next year, before the nation will know whether the foreboding of Columbia University's President Lee Bollinger about the fate of affirmative action in college admissions is well founded.

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What Would Dr. King Say?

Todd Brewster | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Texas, Sandra Day O?Connor, Eric Holder, Politics News
Todd Brewster

Of course, the question that many Texas legislators have is, why can't the federal government just let Texas be Texas? Why must it "parent" their state on decisions like these when it doesn't do the same to Vermont or New Jersey?

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Retiring Justice Stevens Writing Book On 5 Chief Justices

WSJ | Ashby Jones | Posted 06.29.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, John Paul Stevens, David Souter, Supreme Court Justices, Sandra Day O?Connor, The Five Chiefs, Justice Stevens, Justice Steven Book, Books News

Retirement (or at least the retirement we plan for ourselves someday: a total and complete devotion to cheap gin, expensive chorizo, bad golf, daytime...

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Now We're Supposed to Fret that She's Not a Mother?

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Glbt, Singled Out, Work Life Balance, Sandra Day O?Connor, Motherhood Penalty, Childless, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Single Mothers, Elena Kagan, David Souter, Living Single, Shriver Report, Pay Inequity, Media, Singles, Juggling, Myths, Family and Medical Leave Act, Dahlia Lithwick, Intimacy, Singlism, Stereotypes, Workplace, Hanna Rosin, Samuel Alito, Discrimination, Washington Post, Married Mothers, Single With Attitude, Politics News
Bella DePaulo

Are you persuaded that Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is not gay, and that it should never have mattered anyway? Good, because now we can move on to her next supposed shortcoming.

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