Archive for the 'Ruth Bader Ginsburg' Category
Surprisingly Candid McCain and Obama Discuss Current SCOTUS Makeup, Nomination Process at the Saddleback Civil Forum
2 Comments Published by James August 17th, 2008 in Presidential Election 2008, Presidential Debates, Barack Obama, Stephen Breyer, John McCain, Judicial Activism, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court, Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito, David Souter, John Roberts, Justices and JudgesEarlier tonight, Senators John McCain and Barack Obama joined Pastor Rick Warren at his California megachurch for an event pegged as “The Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency.” The interviews, each an hour in length, were separated by thirty-six tense seconds in which the presumptive nominees shared the stage (and an awkward hug [video here!]). […]
Statistics Show Obama Would Likely Redefine SCOTUS as 6-3 Liberal Majority; McCain Could Engineer an 8-1 Conservative Supermajority
2 Comments Published by James August 8th, 2008 in Presidential Election 2008, Clarence Thomas, Barack Obama, Stephen Breyer, Statistics, John McCain, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David Souter, John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court, Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito, John Roberts, Anthony KennedyI’ve been a little surprised by how scarcely the Supreme Court is being mentioned during this election cycle. Especially as the dust was settling from Heller, I expected more talk about the role our next president may play in determining the trajectory of the Court. Recently, however, I’ve noticed that some smaller conservative blogs have […]
Justice Ginsburg Said What?!
0 Comments Published by Kedar March 7th, 2008 in Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court, UncategorizedJustice Ginsburg let her true feelings about drug companies slip during oral arguments in Warner-Lambert Co. v. Kent:
JUSTICE GINSBURG: And so the State of Michigan has said: Drug dealers — I’m sorry — drug sellers —
(Laughter.)
That is her first ‘joke’ of the term (per my calculations.)
Who Is The Funniest Justice?
3 Comments Published by Kedar November 10th, 2007 in Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Court Procedure, Stephen Breyer, Oral Arguments, David Souter, John Roberts, Supreme Court, Anthony Kennedy, John Paul Stevens, Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito, Justices and JudgesAfter finding the most talkative Justice, I was interested in finding the funniest Justice. According to my calculations, there were 51 total references to (Laughter.) in the court’s first two months of arguements. Here is the breakdown:
Case
JR
JPS
AS
AK
DS
CT
RBG
SB
SA
COUNSEL
TOTAL
Washington
1
2
3
Tom F.
0
Gall
1
2
3
Kimbrough
1
1
2
Torres
3
1
4
Santos
1
1
Watson
1
1
1
3
Stoneridge
1
1
Medellin
1
1
1
3
Klein
0
Ali
1
1
Williams
1
1
1
3
Logan
0
Danforth
1
2
3
6
CSX
2
1
3
Davis
2
1
1
1
1
6
John R.
1
1
1
1
4
Fed. Ex.
4
1
5
Hall
1
1
1
3
TOTAL
8
6
17
2
4
0
0
5
1
8
51
No surprises here. Scalia talks almost twice as much as everyone else. […]
Which Justice Is The Most Talkative?
2 Comments Published by Kedar November 8th, 2007 in Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Court Procedure, Oral Arguments, Stephen Breyer, John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy, Justices and Judges, Supreme Court, John Paul Stevens, Antonin Scalia, Constitutional LawTwo months into the term, the Supreme Court has held oral arguments in 19 different cases. After reading a few of the transcripts, I thought it would be interesting to see which Justices spoke most often during oral arguments.
I found transcripts from the usual place and I copied the text into TextMate. From there, I […]
Supreme Court Justices Are Influential Political Figures
1 Comment Published by Kedar November 2nd, 2007 in Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Clarence Thomas, John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court, John Paul Stevens, Justices and JudgesUK’s The Telegraph created lists of the 100 most influential conservatives and the most influential liberals leading into the 2008 elections. John Roberts made number #8 on the conservative list, Antonin Scalia came in at #62, and Clarence Thomas came in at #85. John Paul Stevens, despite claiming to be a conservative, came in at […]
Clarence Thomas Is A Real Cool Guy
0 Comments Published by Kedar October 8th, 2007 in Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Clarence Thomas, Stephen Breyer, David Souter, Samuel Alito, Supreme Court, Antonin Scalia, Justices and JudgesC-Span followed Clarence Thomas around his book release party at the home of Armstrong Williams. Its a rather amusing video with cameos from David Souter, Antonin Scalia, John Roberts, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, the ever-lovely Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Arlen Specter, Lindsey Graham, Dick Cheney and a plethora of mid-major political stars and their spouses. Here […]
Justice Stevens and Roe v. Wade’s Initial Reception
1 Comment Published by Kedar July 30th, 2007 in Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Clarence Thomas, Vintage SCOTUS, History, John Paul Stevens, Abortion, Justices and Judges, Supreme Court, Politics, Constitutional LawAnn Althouse has a rather interesting article about Justice Steven’s recent speech at the Ninth Circuit’s Judicial Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii. Its obvious from the location of this judicial conference that congressmen aren’t the only ones who take junkets. Regardless, this is the most interesting part of her recap:
I think, after all — he’s talking […]
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 […]
The End Of The World OR John Roberts Is The Silent Type
0 Comments Published by Kedar July 1st, 2007 in David Souter, John Roberts, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Clarence Thomas, Court Procedure, Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia, Justices and Judges, Constitutional Law, Anthony Kennedy, Supreme Court, John Paul Stevens, AdministrativeAll of the law blogs on the internet are exploding with analysis about how the 2006 term is the sign of a major revolution in Constitutional Theory that will undo a lot of the moderate-conservative work of the Rhenquist Court (1985-2005). Balkanization, SCOTUSblog, The New York Times here and here, Washington Post, Prawfsblawg, Georgetown […]
My new favorite picture ever. Ruth Bader (Justice Ginsburg?) looks wonderfully uncomfortable in front of what looks like a 7th grade science fair project. Click on the picture for a high-res version and click here to see the website the picture comes from.
Justice Ginsburg- Great or Greatest?
1 Comment Published by Kedar May 30th, 2007 in Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court, Constitutional LawJustice Ginsburg has been one of this term’s most prolific dissenters. Ginsburg penned the caustic dissent in Carhart and again more recently in Ledbetter. While Ginsburg has always been a vocal advocate of women’s rights, the Court’s present state is perfect for Ginsburg to voice her opinion in a way we’ve almost never seen before. […]
Supreme Anger
2 Comments Published by Kedar May 29th, 2007 in Equal Rights, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, Supreme CourtThe court today handed down a ruling in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.. With Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito making up a majority, the Court held 5-4 that pay raises made outside of the statute of limitations were not protected under the Civil Rights Act. The decision makes […]
Ruth Bader Souter?
1 Comment Published by Kedar May 7th, 2007 in Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David Souter, Madness (Sparta?), Supreme CourtAfter yesterday’s dense post, this one is much, much lighter. About 2,200 words lighter.
During oral arugments in Office of Senator Mark Dayton v. Hanson one of the arguing attorney’s calling Justice Souter by the wrong name. Ownage ensued.
MS. MANNING: No Justice Ginsburg, there has
been no waiver —
JUSTICE SOUTER: I’m Justice Souter.
MS. MANNING: I’m sorry. […]
