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Sotomayor on the Hot Seat

Starting what's going to be a grueling day, Sotomayor faced some tough questions from Sen. Jeff Sessions, who wasn't buying her explanation of her "wise Latina" comments as inspirational or that her insistence that "no racial or gender group would have an advantage in judging."

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July 14, 2009 in Barack Obama, Congress, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Souter's Plans

David Souter has told friends for years he wanted nothing more than to leave the Supreme Court and return to his native New Hampshire, where he could sit by the fire in his drafty cabin and read his beloved books....

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May 1, 2009 in Supreme Court | Permalink | User Comments (6)

A Woman Who Made a Difference

Riding aboard President-elect Barack Obama's whistlestop train tour from Philadelphia to Washington today were 40 "everyday" Americans, people who've made a difference in their towns or communities, or, in Lilly Ledbetter's case, perhaps the country as a whole. Ledbetter, a...

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January 17, 2009 in Supreme Court | Permalink | User Comments (22)

Gitmo Detainees: Waiting for Obama?

It's been five months since the Supreme Court threw open the courthouse doors to hundreds of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, ruling they have a constitutional right to challenge their detention in federal court. This morning, a federal appeals court...

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November 24, 2008 in Supreme Court | Permalink | User Comments (13)