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Sharon Kennedy: Robert Bork’s vindication
The Sault News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAnybody remember Robert Bork, the fellow who took a beating in 1987 when President Ronald Reagan nominated him for a seat on the Supreme Court? He was...
Voices: Decades ago, I was taught law by a famous right-wing judge. He was an extremist — but at...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRobert Bork shared views with people on the Supreme Court today. As a liberal, I disagreed with...
Op-Ed: How the scourge of originalism is taking over the Supreme Court
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe current Supreme Court's conservatives cite history selectively to justify the legal conclusions...
Is Every Website That Plays Videos Breaking An '80s Privacy Law?
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn 1987, Ronald Reagan nominated Robert Bork to the Supreme Court. Bork was an extreme, hard-line...
Voices: Why Biden won’t really stand up to the Supreme Court
The Independent via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe end of June also signals the end of the 2022-2023 session of the Supreme Court, and the second...
Yachts, $10m payouts and secret hunting trips: The Supreme Court’s long history of ethics scandals
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe US Supreme Court has a credibility problem. On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committeehosted a...
The End of Roe, and How the Personal Became Political on the Supreme Court
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn 1921, the future Supreme Court justice Benjamin Cardozo wrote a book examining how judges write...
Why the Supreme Court is taking on so many politically divisive cases
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn Fridays at the Supreme Court, justices gather behind closed doors to discuss the petitions for...
Al Cross: McConnell and abortion - a classic irony
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMitch McConnell has been known more for using his power as Senate Republican leader than for the advancement of any particular issue, except money in...
Sandra Day O'Connor was the first woman justice. Biden wanted her to own it
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThis story has been updated to clarify that Joe Biden served as the top Democrat on the Senate...
