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Justice Scalia's Cross

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

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Geoffrey R. Stone

Justice Scalia takes umbrage at the suggestion that an eight-foot-high Christian cross, erected as a memorial to soldiers killed in military service, violates the First Amendment's Establishment Clause.

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No Cross for Me, Thanks Anyway

David Weinberger | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

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David Weinberger

Justice Scalia is right that it's intended to honor all the war dead. The problem is the assumption that you honor all war dead by putting up the religious symbols honored by some.

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Blind Faith: Supreme Court Meltdown

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

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Jeff Schweitzer

If a Christian would not select a Star of David then why on earth would a Jew choose a cross? Yet that is exactly what Scalia proposes. The notion that the cross represents everybody is bizarre.

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Scalia Defends Cross On Public Land, Claims It Represents Everyone

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — As the Supreme Court weighed a dispute over a religious symbol on public land Wednesday, Justice Antonin Scalia was having difficul...

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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

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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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Supreme Court's New Season: Looking Ahead

Wall Street Journal | JESS BRAVIN | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics

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Questions before the Supreme Court, which begins its new term Monday, include corporate political spending, dog-fighting videos, a cross in the desert...

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Right to Privacy and Strict Constructionist Republicans

Donnie Fowler | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

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Donnie Fowler

What they say: Republicans say they hate government but also claim to be strict constructionists when it comes to the Constitution, but when it comes ...

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The Best Judge $3 Million Can Buy

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

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Blake Fleetwood

The US Supreme Court ruling earlier this week gives a scary look at how justice in America is routinely bought and sold.

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Dear Justice Scalia...

Norman Lear | Posted 05.30.2009 | Media

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Norman Lear

I'd like to offer my heartfelt thanks to Scalia and his four conservative cohorts on the Supreme Court who voted 5-4 yesterday to uphold the FCC ban on the use of "fleeting" expletives on broadcast TV.

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Scalia the Homophobe and Barney Frank the Hero

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

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Emma Ruby-Sachs

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

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Justice Scalia Lashes Out At Student Questioner

Legal Times | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics

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Where others fear to tread, a 20-year-old college student from Tequesta, Fla.,boldly stepped forward Tuesday to ask Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scal...

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An Open Letter to Senator McCain

Eleanor Smeal | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

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Eleanor Smeal

Women, Senator McCain, vote on issues important to us, not on whether or not the candidate wears a skirt. The truth is, your candidacy is the worst for women in recent history.

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From the Ballot to the Bullet

Josh Horwitz | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

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Josh Horwitz

The Roberts Court might not just be moving in the wrong direction, but in a direction that presents a direct threat to the rule of law and our very democracy.

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Yet Another Reason to Fear a McCain Supreme Court

Nathan Robinson | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

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Nathan Robinson

Those who value their civil liberties have much more to fear from a McCain Court than the overturning of Roe v. Wade, as police gain greater and greater incentives to disregard our rights without consequence.

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Scalia: U. Of C. Law Is Too Liberal

Chicago Sun-Times | Abdon M. Pallasch | Posted 10.18.2008 | Chicago

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On the eve of today's 221st anniversary of the U.S. Constitution's adoption, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told conservative lawyers in Ch...

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Scalia's Choice: More Deaths to Defend the Constitution

Sandy Goodman | Posted 07.06.2008 | Politics

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Sandy Goodman

Congratulations, Justice Scalia! Now we can all look forward to years of arguing over just exactly when, where and how the right to have guns in the home applies.

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On Guns, Scalia is Right For Once, and Obama Agrees

Jackson Williams | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

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Jackson Williams

If we don't like the Second Amendment, then we should agitate to get rid of it in the methods the Founders prescribed. But we might want to think twice.

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Obama, Clinton and Anger to Burn

Norman Solomon | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

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Norman Solomon

This year offers an electoral opportunity to get out the fire hoses and douse the pyromaniacs of the GOP. But the long Obama-Clinton battle has depleted precious time with little good to show for it.

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