May 27th, 2009
President Obama has apparently decided that Sonia Sotomayor is the best-qualified non-white female in the country to serve as an associate justice on the Supreme Court. Sotomayor, currently a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York City, has a long and well-documented career as a jurist. By all accounts, [...]
Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: Senate, Sotomayor, Supreme Court
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May 26th, 2009
Does it strike no one else as odd that we have what amounts to two Houses of Representatives? Does it strike no one else as odd that with two (unequal) Houses that even the least populated states get the same representation in the Senate? Why would the framers have done something so redundant when nearly [...]
Articles written by Brian Bagent
Tags: Law, Senate, U.S. Constitution
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