113 posts tagged clarence thomas
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Attys: Ohio man to plead guilty to writing threats (AP)
http://www.lawyr.org/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ attys-ohio-man-to-plead-guilty-to-writing-th…AP - A man accused of writing racially hateful letters to prominent blacks, including U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, is expected to plead guilty in federal court, attorneys said Wednesday.
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Clarence Thomas is the Rick Reilly of SCOTUS Justices
http://notesfromthehovel.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ clarence-thomas-is-rick-reilly-…A post at Balkinization about Richard Posner's new paper where he statically analyzes every divided Supreme Court economic and civil liberties decision since 1937, in order to rank judges by conservative or liberal tendency. I'll give away the ending - the 5 most ideologically conservative judges to sit on the Supreme Court since 1937 are: 1.
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Could America use more Robertses and Alitos on the bench?
http://redblueamerica.com/ topic/ 2008-05-07/ could-america-use-more-robertses-a…Highlighting an issue he plans to use aggressively in the general election campaign, John McCain on Tuesday decried "the common and systematic abuse of our federal courts by the people we entrust with judicial power" and pledged to nominate judges similar to the ones President Bush has placed on the bench.
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Could America use more Robertses and Alitos on the bench?
http://redblueamerica.com/ topic/ 2008-05-07/ could-america-use-more-robertses-a…Highlighting an issue he plans to use aggressively in the general election campaign, John McCain on Tuesday decried "the common and systematic abuse of our federal courts by the people we entrust with judicial power" and pledged to nominate judges similar to the ones President Bush has placed on the bench.
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Morning headlines
http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/ freshloaf/ 2008/ 05/ 12/ morning-headlines-50/…Morning headlines May 12th, 2008 by Russell McLendon MOTHER’S DAY TORNADOES: Twenty-three people are killed nationally by an estimated 47 twisters from Oklahoma and Missouri to Georgia, making this year the worst so far for tornadoes since 1999. At least one person dies in Georgia as six tornadoes hit through midstate.
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Could America use more Robertses and Alitos on the bench?
http://redblueamerica.com/ topic/ 2008-05-07/ could-america-use-more-robertses-a…Could America use more Robertses and Alitos on the bench? Washington Post Posted 4 days ago Highlighting an issue he plans to use aggressively in the general election campaign, John McCain on Tuesday decried "the common and systematic abuse of our federal courts by the people we entrust with
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Enough Already
http://cynicsparty.com/ 2008/ 05/ 07/ enough-already/Remember this? ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — Sen. Joseph Lieberman conceded to anti-war cable executive Ned Lamont in the Democratic primary for the Connecticut Senate nomination Tuesday night but vowed to run as an “independent Democrat” this fall.
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McCain's judges.
http://althouse.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ mccains-judges.htmlJohn McCain gave a speech on judicial appointments yesterday, and it made me want to go back to a conference call he did with bloggers — including me — on April 27, 2007: Ah. I got my question in just now, which was to invite him to talk about what sort of person he would put on the Supreme Court,
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Controversial Commencements Speakers: 2008 Edition
http://theprereq.com/ ?p=227Controversial Commencements Speakers: 2008 Edition Posted on May 5, 2008 Under News, The Daily Prereq | By Michael Dang The commencement season has begun, and with it comes the slew of famous (and not-so-famous) speakers guaranteed to make your graduation-related hangover even worse.
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What Do You Think Are The Most Important Decision(s) The Next President Will Make?
http://www.bigmouthfrog.org/ 2008/ 05/ 04/ the-most-important-decisions-the-next…NewsWeek Anna Quindlen What are the issues that top your list? In my case it is the choosing of Supreme Court nominees. Harry Blackmun, a ’supposed’ conservative was the Justice that who wrote Roe v. Wade. Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered the decision on Brown v.