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Opinion: Supreme Court to decide constitutionality of racial voting laws
Voting rights verdict Whatever the Supreme Court decides about the Voting Rights Act, Section 5 of the law is outdated. By Abigail Thernstrom http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-thernstrom17-2009jun17,0,731483,print.story June 17, 2009 Reading tea leaves is a favorite game played by Supreme Court watchers, despite the fact that it's never going to reveal much. Government institutions regularly leak information -- but not the high court.Wait...who in the hell is our latest Supreme Court Justice?
Ok this may have been posted about already...I'm not hip to everything these days, so please let me know. “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life,” said Judge Sotomayor... Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/15/us/15judge.html?_r=1 What intelligent, partial, "experienced" person, makes a ignorant statement like that in all seriousness.Sotomayor Confirmed by Senate, 68-31
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/us/politics/07confirm.html?hp WASHINGTON — Voting largely along party lines, the Senate on Thursday confirmed Judge Sonia Sotomayor as the 111th justice of the Supreme Court. She will be the first Hispanic and the third woman to serve on the court. Chief Justice John G.Is It Unconstitutional to Execute an Innocent Person?
Sitting on death row in Georgia, Troy Davis has won a key victory against his own execution. On Aug. 17, the U.S.‘Empathy‘ versus law
By Thomas Sowell Justice David Souter's retirement from the Supreme Court presents President Barack Obama with his first opportunity to appoint someone to the High Court. People who are speculating about whether the next nominee will be a woman, a Hispanic or whatever, are missing the point. That we are discussing the next Supreme Court justice in terms of group "representation" is a sign of how far we have already strayed from the purpose of law and the weighty responsibility of appointing someone to sit for life on the highest court in the land.Dems to GOP Nominee: Will the Defendant Please Rise?
by Ann Coulter 07/15/2009 Every time a Democrat senator has talked during the Senate hearings on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor this week, I felt lousy about my country. Not for the usual reasons when a Democrat talks, but because Democrats revel in telling us what a racist country this is. Interestingly, the Democrats' examples of ethnic prejudice did not include Clarence Thomas, whose nomination hearings began with the Democrats saying, "You may now uncuff the defendant."So Much For Wise Latinas
by Ann Coulter 07/01/2009 With the Supreme Court's decision in Ricci v. DeStefano this week, we can now report that Sonia Sotomayor is even crazier than Ruth Bader Ginsburg. To recap the famous Ricci case, in 2003, the city of New Haven threw out the results of a firefighters' test -- which had been expressly designed to be race-neutral -- because only whites and Hispanics scored high enough to receive immediate promotions, whereas blacks who took the test did well enough only to be eligible for promotions down the line.Court rules 5-4 for white firefighters over promotions
I posted about this a while ago, and the Court made their decision in favor of the white firefighters who were denied promotions. This ruling could potentially change employment practices nationwide. Court rules for white firefighters over promotions By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer Mark Sherman, Associated Press Writer – 12 mins ago WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled Monday that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge.Ginsburg Orders Stay on Chrysler Sale
The Supreme Court Gives Chrysler's Evil Speculator Some Hope Shikha Dalmia June 9, 2009, 9:47am In President Obama's auto morality tale there are good guys and there are bad guys. The good guys are those who do his bidding. And the bad guys are those who don't.And Now For Some Real News: British Court Rules Pringles Are Potato Chips
The Lord Justice Hath Ruled: Pringles Are Potato Chips By ADAM COHEN Britain’s Supreme Court of Judicature has answered a question that has long puzzled late-night dorm-room snackers: What, exactly, is a Pringle? With citations ranging from Baroness Hale of Richmond to Oliver Wendell Holmes, Lord Justice Robin Jacob concluded that, legally, it is a potato chip. The decision is bad news for Procter & Gamble U.K., which now owes $160 million in taxes.
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