• Storming the Court?

    When it comes to appointing federal judges, President Obama shouldn’t try to play center. Centrist judges will not balance judges on the right. Left balances right.
    President Obama Appoints Federal Circuit Court Judges to 4th Circuit
  • Former Republican Senator and Charles 'Roc' Dutton Want No More Life in Prison for Teenagers

    The new Supreme Court, with Justice Sonia Sotomayor, will decide just how soon we give up on kids—usually black kids.
    No More Life in Prison for Teenagers, Says Alan K. Simpson and Charles Dutton
  • Let's Do it Again...

    On the heels of the Sotomayor confirmation, another Supreme Court seat may be in play. The potential appointment of three justices in his first term will make President Obama among the most powerful presidents to influence the Court’s direction in decades.
    Justice John Paul Stevens May Retire; Are We in for Another Court Fight?
  • Supreme Court Justice And Wise Latina?

    The Senate Judiciary Hearings were all about the "politics of humiliation." But Republican Senators also put Sotomayor through her paces because she dared to identify as a proud Latina.
    Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, "The Wise Latina" and Puerto Rican Pride
  • Sotomayor Wins Confirmation

    Senate votes 68 to 31 for judge who will be first Hispanic to serve on High Court.
    Sotomayor Wins Confirmation
  • GOP Gears Up to Debate on Sotomayor; Dust Off 'Wise Latina' for 47237428 Time

    Why try to work on the problems facing American citizens when you can sling mud for the cameras?
    GOP Gears Up to Debate Sotomayor; Dust Off 'Wise Latina' for 47237428 Time
  • UPDATE: Sotomayor Passes Preliminary Confirmation Vote

    The judge's nomination will now move on for Senate confirmation...
    Sotomayor Passes Preliminary Confirmation Vote
  • And Sonia Laughed: NY Judge Finds NYFD Exam Discriminatory Against Blacks, Hispanics

    Life is funny, isn't it?
    And Sonia Laughed: NY Judge Finds NYFD Exam Discriminatory Against Blacks, Hispanics
  • When Color Strikes--What Next?

    Is there a difference between Barack Obama's talk on race before and after election? John McWhorter talks Sonia Sotomayor, political organizing, the Philadelphia pool incident and the "Joshua Generation."
    Dayo Olopade and John McWhorter on Bloggingheads.tv
  • Really, Pat Buchanan?

    THE ROOT recently ran a story about why failed, racist Republican politician turned commentator, Pat Buchanan—the devil we know—is better than the devil we don’t. Adam Serwer argued...
    Buchanan's Racist Rants on MSNBC: Good for Democrats or Bad for the GOP?
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