Politics

On the second day of his confirmation hearing for the Supreme Court, then-Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall got into a verbal tussle with Sen. Sam Ervin of North Carolina. Only a year before Marshall’s hearing, the Supreme Court had decided Miranda v. Arizona, the case in which the Supreme Court held that prosecutors would be unable…

Well, well, well. It seems that the nonverbal communication tool of radio silence is not enough for a police officer to determine if a suspect wants to remain silent. The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that suspects must explicitly tell police they want to be silent to invoke Miranda protections during criminal interrogations, a decision one…

As oil continues to spew forth from the site of the Deepwater Horizon explosion 40 miles off America’s coastline, an increasing number of pundits and politicians are questioning President Barack Obama’s decision-making in the wake of the spill. BP’s recent “top kill” plan to stop the leak effectively sunk, and some have taken to calling…

When people complain that the Obama administration is acting un-American, they have two recent examples to use in supporting their case. One involves Arizona’s immigration bill, the other, the Joe Sestak controversy in Pennsylvania. U.S. Justice Department attorneys recently recommended that the federal government should challenge Arizona’s SB 1070 on grounds of unconstitutionality—even after the…

Does Glenn Beck have any shame? He’d like for us to think he does because the conservative host quickly apologized for making fun of President Barack Obama’s 11-year-old daughter Malia on his radio show last week. For about four minutes, Beck and co-host Pat Gray pretended to be the president and his daughter. Speaking in…

CNN turns 30 today and those at the head of the cable news network say they’ll continue to do what put them on the map. For Jim Walton, head of CNN worldwide, that is the key to continued success. Below is an excerpt of a Q & A Walton did during a Time Warner Investor…

For the past few weeks, all eyes have been on Rand Paul, the GOP’s choice to represent Kentucky in the Senate. Paul, who credits the Tea Party with his recent primary victory, burst onto the national stage by repeating his claim that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was wrong to force businesses to desegregate.…

As the Gaza flotilla fiasco unfolds, world leaders find themselves singularly impressed by Israeli government’s ability to shoot itself in the foot. In less than a day, the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has done more to damage Israel’s image than anyone previously believed imaginable. This was inept tactics and inept diplomacy resulting in…