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New DOMA Lawsuit is the Most Exciting Yet

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics

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A suit filed yesterday in Massachusetts is a smart, novel attack on a law that is clearly unconstitutional, but also has the support of a waning, yet significant portion of the U.S. population.

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Supreme Court Offers "Strong Basis" but Little Guidance in Ricci Decision

Irasema Garza | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Ricci v. Destefano, Law, Women's Rights, Women, Law Enforcement, Title IX, Legal Momentum, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Discrimination, Title VII, Women and Work, U.S. Supreme Court, Politics News

The Supreme Court's ruling last week in Ricci vs. DeStefano should not be understated: the decision threatens to undermine the vital function of the country's historic civil rights legislation.

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Firefighters and the Simmering Race Problem

Deepak Chopra | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Civil Rights Act of 1964, New-Haven-Firefighters, US Supreme Court, Hiring Discrimination, Politics News

What bothers me about the New Haven case isn't that somebody might get treated unfairly, although that's a serious concern, of course. It's the sad fact that no black firemen passed the test.

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Supreme Court Right in Principle on New Haven Firefighters' Case -- But How Will This Impact Future Affirmative Action Policies?

Sophia A. Nelson | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

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Clearly, the nation still needs policies in place that advance women and people of color, but the question is how to do so in a way that balances the need of all persons in the workplace.

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NAMUDNO and the Dilemma of Observational Equivalence

David Epstein | Posted 07.26.2009 | Style

Read More: Supreme Court, Race, Voting Rights, Sonia Sotomayor, US Supreme Court, Namudno, Obama Supreme Court, Style News

Going into this case, the common wisdom was that there was no easy way out for the Court.

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Savana Redding Strip Search Was Illegal, Supreme Court Says

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that school officials violated an Arizona teenager's rights by strip-searching her for prescriptio...

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Experts Agree: Death Penalty Not a Deterrent

Tamar Abrams | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Execution, Homicide, Traci Lacock, Crime, Saudi Arabia, Georgia, John Van De Kamp, Criminologists, Death Penalty, Michael Radelet, China, Troy Davis, Deterrence, U.S. Supreme Court, California, Politics News

Only three countries in the world -- China, Iran and Saudi Arabia -- execute more prisoners than the U.S each year; a practice that costs the nation hundreds of millions of dollars annually.

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The Politics of Divisive Questioning

Derrick K. Baker | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

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Some Republicans are displaying an inability or unwillingness to act like decent elected officials who best represent their constituents' interests, instead acting as petulant obstructionists.

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Gingrich and Limbaugh: Poor Privileged White Men Grappling with Sotomayor

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 07.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Supreme Court, Rush Limbaugh, Newt Gingrich, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News

How could Sotomayor's experience of having vaulted over the hurdles of poverty and discrimination not influence her? Better yet why shouldn't it?

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Free The Guantanamo Uighurs!

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.02.2009 | World

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Obama needs to find the courage to resist the shrill opportunism of some of his least principled colleagues, and to order the Uighurs' release into the United States.

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The Supreme Court: New Face, Old Arguments

Stanley Kutler | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

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Sotomayor has the "right" gender, ethnicity, and experience; nevertheless, we can expect the Republicans to mount an "ideological" opposition.

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Supreme Courts and Party Politics

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

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California showed us the judicial past where courts dominated by conservatives, unrepresentative of the people, restrict constitutional rights. Sotomayor and Obama showed us the future.

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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

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

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The Complex Questions About the Marriage Equality Movement and the Olson/Boies Federal Lawsuit

Pam Spaulding | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, California Gay Marriage, Ted Olson, LGBT Rights, David Boies, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, U.S. Supreme Court, Politics News

The situation is really about whether the goal of marriage equality is seen as an incremental process leading to a positive resolution or, as with prior civil rights movements, seen as a fundamental constitutional issue.

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Prop 8. Now what? The US Supreme Court?

Joan Garry | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Supreme Court, Proposition 8 Decision, Gay Rights, Prop 8, David Boies, Ted Olson, Marriage Equality, Politics News

The next chapter in our inexorable march to equality involves the most unlikely of characters: Ted Olson. No, that is not a typo.

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Welcoming the First Latino Supreme Court Justice

Gabriela Lemus | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

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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.

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Sotomayor's Confirmation Hearings Will Be a Trial of the GOP

Roberto Lovato | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics

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As she faces a host of hostile questions in her confirmation hearings, Sotomayor should remember one thing: it is not she who will be on trial, but the Republican Party.

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More RNC Talking Points on Sotomayor Nomination Leaked

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 06.26.2009 | Comedy

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Warren, Black, Marshall, Douglas -- Obama Got It Right. Hooray.

Martin Garbus | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

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In writing the great legal decisions of our time, it was the personality of the writer, the life of the writer, the experiences of the writer, that determined the brilliance of the decision.

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Obama Picks Sotomayor -- Color America Proud

Leah McElrath Renna | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, David Souter, US Supreme Court, Souter Replacement, Obama, David Souter Retires, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News

This is a significant and beautiful day for our nation. There is so much else that will be said -- but let us take the time to say that first.

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Obama and Transparency: Should He Release the Torture Photos?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

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Releasing new Abu-Ghraib photos will not aid the cause of justice or increase government transparency.

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Republicans and Judge Sonia Sotomayor: Perfect Together

Sophia A. Nelson | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

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By replacing Souter with Sotomayor Obama keeps the balance of the court exactly the same, but he adds some "color" and another "female" voice to the Court's balance.

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My Message To Obama: Great Speech, But No Military Commissions and No "Preventive Detention"

Andy Worthington | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

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Look at the sentence, "Hold[ing] individuals to keep them from carrying out an act of war," replace "an act of war" with "any crime," and you will realize why the proposed policy is so terrifying.

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Peaceful Revolution: Another Blow to Women

Debra L. Ness | Posted 06.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Rights, US Supreme Court, Retirement Savings, Workplace Discrimination, Gender Discrimination, Obama Administration, Pregnancy, Parental-Leave, Living News

30 years after our nation outlawed discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, so many women -- and women of color in particular -- are still experiencing it in serious ways.

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Why Obama Won't Tap Jennifer Granholm for the Supreme Court

Susan J. Demas | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics

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The former actress is auditioning for a role in Washington but when you don't get asked to dance at Prom enough times, the invitations tend to dry up.

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