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 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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Posted on 17 November 2007. Tags: John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Sandra Day O'Connor, William Renquist
Dear Sandra, I don’t mean to rub it in, but I bet you’re wishing you had paid attention to that open letter I wrote you a few years ago. This week, a report on channel KPNX leaked that your Alzheimer’s-stricken husband John is living, happily, with a new girlfriend in an old age home. Their […]
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