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Sonia Sotomayor's first Supreme Court class photo here
Top of the TicketIf there was ever any doubt, today's class photo -- an annual ritual of the Supreme Court -- makes if official. Sonia Sotomayor is in the picture, the 111th justice, the third woman and the first Latino on the high...... -
'Oleanna' on Broadway: What did the critics think?
Culture MonsterIt's hard to believe that it's taken more than 15 years for David Mamet's "Oleanna" to finally reach Broadway. At this point, you could almost call it a period play. The two-person drama about an alleged incident of sexual harassment...... -
The people have spoken. So what?
Opinion L.A.The people -- or at least the people surveyed by USA Today -- don't like Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. Only 46% of respondents said yes when asked if they would like to see the Senate vote for her confirmation. By comparison, USA today notes: Chief... -
Two sides to Sonia Sotomayor
It did not take long after moving 60 miles from the ethnically diverse neighborhoods of the Bronx to the campus of Princeton University for Sonia Sotomayor to make it clear she was not happy with the way the overwhelmingly white, male school was run....Tags: Teaching and Learning, Ivy League, Colleges and Universities, Death, Discrimination
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Empathy, elections and justices
Today's topic: How much of a mandate does President Obama have to structure the Supreme Court bench as he prefers?
Elections matter, but don't expect the court to change much under Obama Point: Erwin Chemerinsky
Presidential elections matter...Tags: George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, Bill Clinton
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Is there a conflict between empathy and good judging?
Today's topic: President Obama has come under fire for his "empathy" standard in selecting a Supreme Court nominee. Is there a conflict between considering the real-world implications of Supreme Court decisions and staying true to the intent of the...Tags: Interior Policy, Local Government, University of California, Irvine, African Americans, Philosophy
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Decide already! [Updated]
Opinion L.A.Aaargh. Again, the big news has been delayed. I refer not to the terms of Conan O'Brien's departure from NBC but a story around which non-entertainment reporters have been keeping a nervous vigil. Yes, it's Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission,... -
Big Teacher sees all
Opinion L.A.One of the most famous -- and most controversial -- lines in a U.S. Supreme Court opinion comes from a 1969 case in which the justices upheld the right of students to express political opinions at a public school. The money quote from the decision,... -
Justices reinstate California killer's death sentence
Times Staff WriterWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court, reversing the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, restored a death sentence Monday for a Central California man who robbed and brutally killed a young woman 25 years ago. The justices, in a 5-4 decision, concluded...Tags: Prosecution, Bill Lockyer, Death, John Paul Stevens, Defendants
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A judicious choice
By all accounts, John G. Roberts Jr. is a likable guy. His list of friends and supporters, brandished by President Bush on Tuesday as he announced Roberts as his nominee for the Supreme Court, stands at 156 and counting, spanning the ideological spectrum,...Tags: George H.W. Bush, U.S. Department of Justice, Local Government, White House, Philosophy
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Jonah Goldberg: Foley Flap Highlights Dems' Hypocrisy
THE DEMOCRATS prayed for an October surprise and, like manna from heaven, a hypocritical, sexually disturbed Florida Republican dropped into their laps. They looked at the cyber-stalking ephebophile and said, "Behold, this is good." Overnight, Nancy...Tags: Gay Rights, Gays and Lesbians, Bill Clinton, Justice and Rights, Nancy Pelosi
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A race conversation? What are you talking about?
Thank God for Barack Obama. For until his "More Perfect Union" speech last Tuesday, it seems it never occurred to anyone that America needed to talk about race. "Maybe this'll be the beginning of a conversation," Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan...Tags: Strom Thurmond, Entertainment, Colleges and Universities, Periodicals, Milan Kundera
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