• Judicial Activism From the Right

    The Supreme Court's recklessness in the corporate speech case is in sharp contrast to another decision it issued the same day.
    Judicial Activism From the Right
  • A Summer of Race Talk Gone Bad

    All the conversations we had about race this summer have not turned out well.

     

    DAVID SWERDLICK: Sotomayor's High-Tech Cinching
    A summer of race talk
  • Sotomayor: A High-Tech Cinching

    The U.S. Senate confirmed Judge Sonia Sotomayor as the next member of the U.S. Supreme Court, and it’s first Latina Justice by a vote of 68-31.
    Sonia Sotomayor Confirmed as Supreme Court Justice
  • Sotomayor Confirmation Expected Today

    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...
    Sotomayor Confirmation Expected Today
  • The Confab -- July 17, 2009

    This week on The Confab: A chatty review of the Sotomayor confirmation hearings. After its convention, how engaged and willing to act is the NAACP? What's the price tag on Obama's health care plan? Join The Root's deputy editor Terence Samuel as he talks with Washington reporter Dayo Olopade and contributor to The Root Sherrilyn A. Ifill.

     

    * Podcast production by Abdullah Rufus.

    * Podcast theme music by Timothy Morrison.
    The Confab -- July 17, 2009
  • The Sotomayor Sessions

    Will Republicans continue to advance divisive politics rooted in America’s sad history of racism and exclusion? Or can they rise to meet the challenges of 21st-century, multicultural America with dignity and honor?
    NAACP President Ben Jealous Asks: Will Republicans Continue to Advance Divisive Politics During Sotomayor Confirmation?
  • New Haven Firefighters: Are They Really Wrong?

    Justice Sotomayor's ruling overturned. But why do I have mixed feelings about it? Is the firefighter's exam THAT biased?
    Supreme Court Decision in New Haven Case Overturns Sotomayor: Bad News for the Justice?
  • Court Rules For White Firefighters in New Haven

    The Supreme Court overturns ruling backed by Sotomayor.
    Court Rules For White Firefighters in Affirmative Action Case
  • BREAKING: Justices Rule in Favor of White Firefighters

    The justices ruled 5-4 in the New Haven firefighters' case...
    Justices Rule in Favor of White Firefighters
  • Is Sotomayor Liberal Enough?

    The Supreme Court nominee’s life story is certainly compelling. But her slim record on progressive concerns warrants a closer look.

    Latina Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor Seems Liberal, But How Far Will She Go To Defend The Left?
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