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In a 5-4 ruling yesterday, the Supreme Court overturned Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's defining decision, the case of Ricci v DeStefano, in which she ruled that it was OK for the city of New Haven, Connecticut to refuse to use the results of tes… more »

I've written before that in my view Sonia Sotomayor's record clearly points to a weak legal mind. Apparently that's consistent with her academic history, despite having been a "affirmative action baby" let into fancy schools because she's Hispanic.… more »

Late Tuesday, the Supreme Court reportedly lifted their 29-hour hold stay on the closing of the transaction in which Fiat will buy most of Chrysler's assets. The deal now is set to close Wednesday morning. Although the White House was overjoyed and al… more »

In a bit of what may be short-lived excellent news, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has jurisdiction over matters that come from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York has put a stay on the sale of Chrysler (or more precisely many… more »

A commenter over on the Gang of Four blog asked me whether I had any evidence for my statement that Sonia Sotomayor is "bigoted". I was going to respond in a comment, but I think the question is important enough to warrant its own post. The primary p… more »

From the "What country do I live in?" files comes this remarkable story: Press Secretary Robert Gibbs warned people to be "exceedingly careful" in how they criticize President Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor. Are you kidding me?… more »

Well, we can't say we weren't warned. Obama has always said that the Constitution is essentially irrelevant, in the sense that it can and should mean whatever the newest, most liberal generation of activists in judges' robes says it should mean. And… more »

Barack Obama’s statement that “empathy” would be a key qualification he’d look for in a nominee to replace David Souter on the Supreme Court is not simply soft liberal thinking, it’s a direct attack on the rule of law, an abrogation of Obama’s oath of of… more »

In one of the several stupid f*&@ing decisions made by this Supreme Court, the Court by a 5-4 vote ruled in the case of the goddam FCC v Fox Television that $225,000 fines for the brief use of expletives on broadcast airways were permissible under cu… more »

In a unanimous ruling on Friday, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that a ban on same-sex marriage violates the state's constitution. It appears that the only way Iowa's opponents of same-sex marriage can now have their position become the law of the land is… more »