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Kagan for the Supreme Court

May 10th, 2010

By Tom Carter It’s reported that the President will nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, replacing the retiring Justice John Paul Stevens. While Kagan, 50, has no experience as a judge, she’s a well-educated lawyer and a former law professor, law school dean, clerk to a U.S. […]

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Tags: confirmation, Elena Kagan, nomination, Senate, Stevens, Supreme Court
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How to Judge a Potential Justice

May 2nd, 2010

By Dan Miller Lawyers are strange critters. Frustrations have long been expressed that decisions of the Supreme Court and of lower appellate courts, written by lawyers, are so damn long and complicated that only brother members of the world’s oldest profession can understand them. Shakespeare is credited with the phrase, “Let’s kill all the lawyers,” […]

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Tags: confirmation, lawyers, nomination, Roe v. Wade, Stevens, Supreme Court
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The Role of Justice Kennedy

April 11th, 2010

By Tom Carter There’s a good article in The Atlantic by Andrew Cohen, chief legal analyst and legal editor for CBS News. In Why Kennedy Owns the Supreme Court, Cohen discusses the increased influence Justice Anthony Kennedy is going to have on the Court once Justice John Paul Stevens retires. It has to do with […]

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Tags: conservative, Kennedy, liberal, nomination, Stevens, Supreme Court
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A More Conservative Court?

April 10th, 2010

By Tom Carter Now that Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens has officially resigned, effective at the end of this term, speculation is ramping up as to whom President Obama will nominate to replace him. As I noted in an earlier article, the question isn’t whether the President will nominate a liberal, but how […]

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Tags: conservative, liberal, nomination, Obama, Senate, Stevens, Supreme Court
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Supreme Court Justice Clinton

February 11th, 2010

by Jason Gallimore Sources in Washington are saying that lawyers for the Obama administration are working behind the scenes to make plans for any possible US Supreme Court vacancies in the coming year. Justices Stevens and Ginsburg are rumored to be considering retirement, with age certainly being a factor. Progressives will be happy to see […]

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Tags: Ginsburg, Hillary Clinton, nomination, Stevens, Supreme Court
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