Category Archives: Supreme Court Issues

Supreme Court Rules That Strip-Search of Teen Was Unconstitutional

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Ampersand

From the NYT: In a ruling of interest to educators, parents and students across the country, the Supreme Court ruled, 8 to 1, on Thursday that the strip search of a 13-year-old Arizona girl by school officials who were looking … Continue reading →

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The Modern Republican Party Sure Seems to Have Some Deep-Seated Racial Issues

Posted on June 6, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

Okay, so let’s say that National Review decided to do a racist caricature of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, but they decided to do a racist caricature that changed her race? Would that be better? That may seem like an insane question to ask, but … Continue reading →

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Racism Begets Racism

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

Riffing off a point by Matt Yglesias (who notes that the opposition to Sotomayor has been almost cartoonishly racist), Ta-Nehisi Coates says the GOP can’t help itself: One problem with the GOP is that when you build your brand on … Continue reading →

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\stü-pi’-di-tē\

Posted on May 27, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

I have a weird last name. Spelled, Fecke, it’s pronounced \fek’-ē\, with a long e at the end.1 But given that it’s unusual, I’m not put off by any of the odd variants people will use when they first meet … Continue reading →

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Judge Sotomayor's Speech on being a Latina on the Bench

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Ampersand

In 2001, Sonia Sotomayor gave the keynote speech at “a symposium commemorating the 40th anniversary of the first judicial appointment of a Latino to a federal district court.” The text of the speech was later published in the La Raza … Continue reading →

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Sotomayor

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

The appointment of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court is, I think, a strong one — and a positive sign that at least on some fronts, the Obama Administration gets it. Sotomayor has an exemplary record, and a great … Continue reading →

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The Real Victim

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

Mark Halpern identifies the biggest concern about Souter’s replacement: Aw, poor white guys! We only make up seven of the nine Supreme Court Justices. Why, one of them’s a woman! And there’s even a black guy! What more do you … Continue reading →

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Blogs discussing the "strip search" case

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Ampersand

Other blogs discussing the oral arguments in the case I blogged about yesterday. You’re Reading Too Much Into It, an interesting blog about politics and pop culture, starts by discussing Breyer’s infamous remarks and segways into critiquing the Daily Show’s … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court Seems Poised to Okay Schools Strip-Searching 13-year-old for Ibuprofen; also, Stephen Breyer needs to stop rewatching that scene in "Porky's"

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Ampersand

Dahlia Lithwick reports on the oral arguments at the Supreme Court, involving a 13 year old girl stripped-searched because she had been falsely accused of giving ibuprofen to other students: Adam Wolf, the ACLU lawyer who represents Redding, explains that … Continue reading →

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Clarence Thomas is Making the Rounds

Posted on October 1, 2007 by Rachel S.

I received an email from a reader about a round table on the Tavis Smiley Show. Apparently, Tavis will have a panel discussing Thomas’s book and his appearance on 60 Minutes. Panelists are Marc Morial, President and CEO of The … Continue reading →

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