United States Supreme Court

Facts Without Feelings in Family Court

Carol Smaldino | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics


Carol Smaldino

Those who refuse to acknowledge an emotional involvement are hiding and, sadly, they have impressed us so much that we tend to believe in appearance as opposed to substance.

Specter's Supreme Court Recommendations: Four Women Who Are Not Judges

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...

Here's To Obama and All of Us: We've Come A Long, Long Way!

Sandy Goodman | Posted 02.18.2009 | Politics


Sandy Goodman

I still remember the clicking of the marchers' heels as they moved into the Birmingham's business district, and, just then, the roar of a police motorcycle as it cut in front of King and Abernathy, halting the protest.

Scalia's 2nd Amendment Punt

Robyn Blumner | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics


Robyn Blumner

The Second Amendment has always put me in a quandary, but Scalia's opinion was not an honest attempt at sorting it out. It was a sophistical, political decision of just the type that he rails against.

Musings on The Supreme Court at The End of The Session

Earl Pomerantz | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics


Earl Pomerantz

Judges, with entirely one-sided ruling records, are asked, during Supreme Court confirmation hearings, whether they can be impartial. They're not impartial. It's not even close.

DC v. Heller: Scalia's Decision Will Backfire

Adam Freedman | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics


Adam Freedman

So much for Scalia's much-vaunted "originalism," which advocates reading the Constitution as it would have been understood at the time of the Founding.

Score One for the Gun Guys

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics


Jayne Lyn Stahl

While the gun lobby may crack open that bottle of champagne, this is a victory that thrives in theory, but one that, in practice, can only be condemned.

A Key Right Recaptured

Joyce Lee Malcolm | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics


Joyce Lee Malcolm

A government that cannot protect people should not deprive them of the right to protect themselves -- and the the D.C. gun ban did just that.

The Biggest Triumph So Far for Gun Rights Advocates

James Jacobs | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics


James Jacobs

Today's Heller decision marks the biggest triumph so far for gun rights advocates. It establishes what was for so long denied, and the the gun control debate will never be the same.

DC v. Heller: A Dismaying Performance By The Supreme Court

Sanford Levinson | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics


Sanford Levinson

If Scalia and Stevens were competent historians, then it might be worth reading what they write. But they are not. Both offer selective readings of history to support what seem to be pre-determined positions.

Five Years Later: Decriminalizing Gay People -- Another Reminder of the Importance of the Supreme Court

Judith E. Schaeffer | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics


Judith E. Schaeffer

Four justices did not join in the majority opinion in Lawrence v. Texas in 2003. Today, protection of the human dignity of gay men and lesbians is hanging by a slender thread on the Supreme Court.