TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Clarence Thomas, the justice long known as the silent member of the Supreme Court, criticized his colleagues Friday for badge...
AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has hired fewer law clerks than usual, generating speculation that the leader of the court'...
Jacob M. Appel | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics
While it is a disturbing truth that our nation will someday likely confront the tragedy of an incapacitated Supreme Court justice, it is not at all clear which justice that will be.
Michael Henry Adams | Posted 08.27.2009 | New York
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.
Richard Laermer | Posted 08.16.2009 | Media
The issue before the Senate is simple: Is the nominee qualified to sit on the Court? The answer: Yes. All the kvetching about how a nominee's race shaped her worldview is for the cameras, baby.
Aaron Harber | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics
It is fascinating to watch the fracturing of the Republican Party as some leaders attack Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as a "racist" while others try to focus on her judicial record.
Michael Wolff | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics
Why do we lavish all this attention on Supreme Court nominees? What do we hope to learn?
Susan Scafidi | Posted 06.28.2009 | Style
While federal law leaves the justices free to design their own robes, Judge Sotomayor will almost certainly follow tradition and pack her current collection of black robes for the trip to Washington -- and not whip up, say, a hot pink version for the occasion.
Abby L. Ferber | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics
The fact that these conservative politicians and commentators don't even see racism unless they feel it is directed against them is precisely why we need the voices of women of color on the court.
Huffington Post | Anya Strzemien | Posted 06.27.2009 | Style
*UPDATE: Sandra Day O'Connor has won best-dressed Justice! Scroll down for pull poll results.* The nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor has turned the...
Gabriela Lemus | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics
The Latino community is at the heart of a number of highly politicized issues and attacks on its civil liberties. Someone like Sotomayor could help bridge the gap between fear and understanding.
Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.27.2009 | Comedy
The nomination of Sonia Sotomayor faces new hurdles today, in the form of pressure to block her confirmation from the powerful anti-empathy lobby.
John Wellington Ennis | Posted 06.26.2009 | Comedy
Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 06.26.2009 | Comedy
Maybe the problem is that most right wingers don't know what summa cum laude means. Most likely, they're just desperately making stuff up to try to stop an extremely qualified nominee.
John Marshall | Posted 06.26.2009 | Comedy
The artist formerly known as the Republican Senator Arlen Specter said that as a hermaphrodemocratite, if he opposed Sotomayor his head would explode.
Kent Greenfield | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics
In such a homogeneous group as our Supreme Court, a Justice's intellectual ability to appreciate the situation of someone from a different background or in a different situation is essential.
AP | Posted 06.23.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he doesn't feel "weighed down" by a need to pick the next Supreme Court justice based on demographics, argu...
Legal Times | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics
Sen. Arlen Specter has given his list to President Barack Obama. The former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said today that Obama had aske...
LA Times | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics
There is but one woman on the nine-member Supreme Court, in a nation where women outnumber men at polling places; one black justice, in a nation that ...
Shahid Buttar | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics
Pamela Karlan and, to a lesser extent, Gov. Granholm would be bold nominees, worthy of the first Supreme Court nomination by a President who himself has broken so much new ground already.
Stanley Kutler | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics
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.
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...
Michael Wolff | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics
With the announcement of the imminent resignation of Justice Souter, we get a close-up view of what an odd bird he is.
AP | Posted 06.03.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A senior Republican on the Senate committee that will consider President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee says he's worried the...
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics
Many have speculated that President Obama will be looking for a minority or female to replace the outgoing Supreme Court Justice David Souter. A top c...
AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics