Here’s another one to add to the charming Elena Kagan anecdote file providing a wonderful glimpse into how the least transparent of the three branches of government operates. Speaking during an interview at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, D.C., Wednesday night, Supreme Court Associate Justice Kagan elaborated…
Speaking to an audience in Harlem, Hillary Clinton addressed the coming battle over the next Supreme Court justice, citing the Republicans’ “coded racial language.” While it’s true that Senate Republicans led by Mitch McConnell have said they won’t consider any nominees put forward in thiselection year, we’re not sure exactly who’s going around claiming that…
http://twitter.com/#!/JumpyNelson/status/483645678749376513 SCOTUSblog is a fantastic resource for learning about all-things related to the U.S. Supreme Court. The SCOTUSblog Twitter feed says on the main page that they are “a private blog about the Supreme Court of the U.S.” “Private,” as in “not part of the Supreme Court.” But learning the background information about SCOTUSblog before…
Before we get to The Divine Miss Constitutionalist, put on the oven mitts for this HuffPo hot take: Aside from the fact that a senator in his or her 6th year isn’t a “lame duck,” Bette Midler didn’t like the part where Republicans have vowed to block any Obama SCOTUS nominee: Well in that case:…
Lawyers argue at the Supreme Court over whether the Constitution protects arrested people from having their cell phones searched without a warrant. View this image › Gary Cameron / Reuters / Reuters WASHINGTON — Should the police’s ability to search through your phone be a decision made on “an app-by-app basis”? That’s one of the…
This Nov. 14 photo shows Peggy Young, of Lorton, Virginia, with her daughter Triniti, 7, in Washington.Image: Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press In 2006, United Parcel Service driver Peggy Young was put on unpaid leave because she got pregnant. Now, Young is suing her former employer because she believes UPS violated the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, and the…
The funeral service for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is being held today at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. Thousands of mourners are at the Mass to pay respects to Scalia, who died last Saturday at the age of 79: Read more: http://twitchy.com/2016/02/20/sad-day-thousands-attend-funeral-mass-for-justice-antonin-scalia-photos-video/