Content tagged with “supreme court”
While the Supreme Court deliberates whether or not it will rule on Proposition 8, California's ban on gay marriage, we take a moment to recall the roots of the case. In 2010, opposing chief counsels...
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There is much to say about the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the Affordable Care Act, and most of it has already been said. As I predicted, with the whole nation watching, the Justices put the...
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We now know what the Supreme Court has to say in the second-most controversial case of the Term, the Arizona immigration act case. Now the nation—especially Washington journalists, political...
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During a program at the Aspen Institute's Ideas Festival, Justice Stephen Breyer and retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor both rejected the hoary notion that the "Supreme Court follows the election...
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Memo to Elena KaganFrom: Assorted Murder Board Alumni  Re: A Few Modest Words of Advice for the Confirmation ProceedingsThe Solicitor General had no doubt received much unsolicited advice over...
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Meryl Justin Chertoff is the Co-Director of the Aspen Institute Justice and Society Program.After the interview, Chertoff remarked, "Elena Kagan was a gifted leader as Dean of Harvard Law...
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