Archive for July 29th, 2007
Well, I’ve gone quite some time without updating the software that runs the core of this site, so I’ve decided to update some of the behind-the-scenes stuff this weekend. There shouldn’t be any noticeable changes, but if you see text on the site where it normally doesn’t belong or if the search features don’t work, […]
Could Antonin Scalia Be The New John Marshall?
1 Comment Published by Kedar July 29th, 2007 in History, Judicial Activism, Vintage SCOTUS, Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court, Justices and Judges…I doubt it, but history suggests that Justices who were out of touch with their contemporaries periodically appear rather favorably to future generations. I was culling through my old copy of “The Supreme Court in US History” for some other posts (here and here) when I discovered this interesting passage about the great Chief Justice […]
What Can Dems Do About A Conservative SCOTUS?
0 Comments Published by Kedar July 29th, 2007 in Republicans, Equal Rights, Democrats, Free Speech, Foreign Detainees, Court Procedure, Clarence Thomas, Abortion, Supreme Court, John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Affirmative Action, Justices and JudgesThe Washington Post had a article recently about the way in which more and more American’s are viewing the court as too conservative. 33% of Americans feel that the Court is too conservative and only 47% believe that the court is balanced. 55% of Americans agree with the court’s ruling in Carhart but 70% disagree […]
