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The Oath
New Yorker writer and CNN analyst Jeffrey Toobin offers an astute and thorough analysis of the relationship between the Obama White House and the John Roberts-led Supreme Court.
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Opinion Voter ID laws are inherently reasonable, not racist or Republican
Analogies between voter ID laws and Jim Crow poll taxes are absurd. That pockets of citizens lack ID is a compelling argument for active voter registration drives, not damning attempts to curb fraud. Ensuring the integrity of our electoral process ought not to be a partisan issue.
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Opinion In Pennsylvania, the Rosa Parks of voter ID faces down GOP voter suppression
A Pennsylvania court will hear a suit challenging the state's voter ID law, which requires a volume of voter qualification proof not present in a Supreme Court ruling that upheld voter ID. Leading the charge: a 93-year-old black woman. If she loses, Republican voter suppression wins.
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Is new Supreme Court ruling a retreat from Citizens United?
The Supreme Court upheld Monday a long-established provision of campaign finance law that seeks to prevent foreign interests from influencing domestic politics.
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Opinion Justice Sotomayor – not guilty of 'empathy'
During confirmation hearings in 2009, GOP senators questioned Sonia Sotomayor about her supposed 'empathy standard' and partiality. Since becoming a Supreme Court justice, her views on two capital cases show no cause for the concern, but rather attention to a fair legal process.
08/29/2011 12:36 pm -
Robert Reich Clarence Thomas and the politicization of the Supreme Court
Justice Thomas has accused others of politicizing the court, but he's guilty of doing so, too.
03/04/2011 09:06 am -
Free speech: Westboro church Supreme Court case tests First Amendment
A Supreme Court case challenging the Westboro Baptist Church anti-gay protests will test the limits of free speech, with First Amendment implications for other forms of expression such as Quran burning and racist demonstrations.
10/02/2010 11:15 am -
Elena Kagan confirmed as new Supreme Court Justice
Elena Kagan is President Barack Obama's second appointment to the court that decides abortion, death penalty and other contentious cases. Elena Kagan won Senate approval on Thursday as the newest Supreme Court Justice.
08/06/2010 04:44 pm -
Elena Kagan confirmed to Supreme Court
Elena Kagan was confirmed to a seat on the Supreme Court Thursday. The Senate voted 63-37, mostly along party lines, to make Kagan America's 112th Supreme Court justice.
08/05/2010 05:47 pm -
Elena Kagan: Despite partisan splits, confirmation appears likely
Elena Kagan debate began in the Senate Tuesday. The start of several days of discussion over her nomination to the Supreme Court was marked by partisan divides, but Elena Kagan is expected to easily win confirmation.
08/03/2010 09:28 pm -
Decoder Wire Elena Kagan on rare path: first a Supreme Court clerk, later a justice
If confirmed, Elena Kagan will become the sixth former Supreme Court law clerk to become a justice later in life. Much of the work behind the scenes in the Supreme Court is done by these brilliant recent graduates.
07/29/2010 01:06 pm -
Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan wins second GOP vote: Richard Lugar
Sen. Richard Lugar becomes the second Republican to say he will support Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. Sen. Lindsey Graham announced his support Tuesday.
07/21/2010 07:13 pm -
At hearings, Elena Kagan defends approach to military recruiting
In her testimony before senators Tuesday, Elena Kagan suggested that her policy when she was dean at Harvard Law School did not impose a hardship on military recruiters there.
06/29/2010 09:28 pm -
Elena Kagan says she 'reveres' the military. GOP not convinced.
Elena Kagan, the Supreme Court nominee, was challenged bluntly by Republicans on the issue of the military's presence at Harvard Law School.
06/29/2010 03:16 pm -
Chicago gun ban on way out, but mayor vows fight
Chicago gun ban: A Supreme Court ruling finding that Americans have the right to bear arms anywhere they live almost certainly means the end of Chicago's decades-old handgun ban.
06/29/2010 10:49 am -
Handgun ban no more? Big Supreme Court victory for gun owners
Handgun ban: The Supreme Court has ruled that Americans have the right to own a handgun anywhere they live.
06/28/2010 03:59 pm -
Supreme Court: Second Amendment rights apply across US
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Second Amendment's right to bear arms applies to every jurisdiction in the nation. It places in doubt the constitutionality of Chicago's handgun ban.
06/28/2010 02:46 pm -
Second Amendment ruling eagerly anticipated from the Supreme Court
Second Amendment ruling will be handed down today as the Supreme Court has its last meeting until the fall.
06/28/2010 11:00 am -
Elena Kagan: Would she turn Supreme Court into We the People?
Elena Kagan, if confirmed as the next Supreme Court justice, would shift the balance dramatically – with three women and a Jewish-Catholic bloc. So would the high court look like We the People?
06/25/2010 12:18 pm -
Supreme Court ruling boosts Enron executive Jeffrey Skilling
The US Supreme Court narrowed the definition of 'honest services' fraud, throwing out a portion of Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling’s conviction. It’s a blow to the Justice Department.
06/24/2010 03:48 pm -
Supreme Court upholds controversial part of Patriot Act
On Monday, the Supreme Court upheld a statute – part of the Patriot Act – that outlaws the provision of 'material support' to terror groups. Such support includes assistance that might nudge a group toward nonviolence.
06/21/2010 04:48 pm -
Supreme Court rules against homeowners in Florida beach dispute
The Supreme Court ruled against a group of waterfront property owners who said the state of Florida owed them money because it pumped sand onto beaches eroded by storms, lowering property values.
06/17/2010 06:59 pm -
Supreme Court backs police department that read employee's texts
A police sergeant was using a work-issued pager to send sexually explicit texts. The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the police department was entitled to read his messages.
06/17/2010 03:41 pm -
Supreme Court: judges have leeway on criminal restitution deadline
A federal law mandates that judges decide restitution in criminal cases within 90 days of sentencing. But the Supreme Court ruled Monday that judges could impose the dollar figure after the deadline so long as they said beforehand that they were going to order restitution.
06/14/2010 08:57 pm -
Supreme Court relaxes Miranda rights
In a narrowly split decision, the Supreme Court's conservative majority expanded its limits on the famous Miranda rights for criminal suspects on Tuesday. Now, criminal suspects who want to remain silent must say so.
06/02/2010 04:51 pm
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