Posted on 13 November 2014. Tags: Affordable Care Act, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, John Roberts, Linda Greenhouse, Samuel Alito
Nobody, in my opinion, knows the Supreme Court better, and writes about its decisions and law in a more user-friendly way, than Linda Greenhouse, former NYTimes Supreme Court reporter who has a regular column on the Times website; I read every one of her columns, even if it’s not a topic I particularly work on or follow.
Today, she blisters the Court in a broadside that essentially says: by agreeing to take up a challenge to the Affordable Care Act, the conservative majority has shown that it is simply a group of “politicians in robes”.
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Posted on 14 January 2011. Tags: Antonin Scalia, Campaign Finance, Citizens United, Constitution, Corporate Power, Corporate Rights, Corruption, Justice, Linda Greenhouse, Robbery, Supreme Court of the United States
It is has been pointed out by others that when the Republicans chose to organize the reading of the Constitution on the House floor, they conveniently left out parts they didn’t like. But, they have intellectual–and I use "intellectual" loosely–support for this from Justice Scalia and his wing of convenient Constitutionalists who choose to […]
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Posted on 29 May 2009. Tags: Antonin Scalia, Comedy News, John Roberts, Judge Breyer, Robert Bork, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, William Rehnquist
Everyone is speculating about the ways Sotomayor’s personal background will compromise her judicial integrity. I mean, it’s pretty hard to hold a gavel while eating arroz con pollo, let alone while having a vagina. Here is a list of some glimpses into the personal lives of Supreme Court judges. Judge Breyer opens up about exploring […]
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