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by Sherrilyn A. Ifill onDecember 30, 2010
Republicans had a field day when the president said that "empathy" was an important attribute for a Supreme Court nominee. But as recent cases argued before the court prove, lives are at stake. Empathy is essential.
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January 6, 2012
Blogging the Beltway: The president has again taken matters into his own hands, but not without a fight from the GOP.
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December 2, 2011
Blogging the Beltway: The Obama administration thinks so, issuing new guidelines supporting school diversity programs.
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by Michael Steele onOctober 14, 2011
Rather than simply judge him, blacks should look at how his hard life shaped his conservative views.
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September 30, 2011
Blogging the Beltway: His wife earned nearly $700,000 over five years, but Justice Thomas left it off disclosure forms.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onSeptember 13, 2011
Albert Florence's "humiliating" experience is the basis of a challenge to the constitutionality of suspicionless searches in jails.
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by Nsenga Burton onMay 23, 2011
Prison conditions stemming from overcrowding are no longer acceptable.
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by Nsenga Burton onMarch 30, 2011
John Thompson spent 18 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit.
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by Sherrilyn A. Ifill onMarch 28, 2011
The landmark suit accusing the nation's biggest employer of discriminating against women could mean a big win in the Supreme Court -- or spell the end of civil rights class actions.
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by Nsenga Burton onMarch 2, 2011
The First Amendment prevails over common decency.
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