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by Sherilynn Ifill onApril 10, 2010
Before we make lists of candidates, we should start with what the U.S. Supreme Court needs
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August 6, 2009
Senate votes 68 to 31 for judge who will be first Hispanic to serve on High Court.
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August 6, 2009
It's a truly sad state of (GOP) affairs when an underqualified woman of color uses all her empathetic ethnic guile to ascend to the highest bench in the land...
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August 4, 2009
Why try to work on the problems facing American citizens when you can sling mud for the cameras?
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July 28, 2009
The judge's nomination will now move on for Senate confirmation...
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by Sherrilyn A. Ifill onJune 1, 2009
From Thurgood Marshall to Clarence Thomas, race is often the centerpiece of Supreme Court confirmation battles. Judge Sotomayor should expect the same.
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by Kai Wright onJanuary 16, 2009
After eight years of mischief and misdeeds at justice, Eric Holder has his work cut out for him. His nomination has predictably become a proxy for the old fight over the Bush Justice Department’s expansive conception of presidential power and its narrow ideas on things like torture.
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