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more about #supremecourt more comments → Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: If the ACLU is really champing at the bit for some torture photos, I can send them an 8x10 glossy of my brother-in-law telling me he should have been ... more » se7a7n7: I'm a big bleeding-heart liberal, however I kind of don't want these photos to be released. From what I've heard, they are terrible, terrible images ... more » bowel_and_the_obstructors: She should stop by Angry Wades. more » papa-galo: I have seen her at Zombie Hut! She can house a Zombie bowl likes it nobody's business! more » BookishLookish: [wordsmoker.com] more » senatormayer: Should I have known who Anthony Kennedy was before I read this? I only know of one Supreme Court Justice, and I'm not even sure if she's alive. more » AzureTexan: Justice Kennedy also sought to clear up a misprint in Tuesday's edition of The Daltonian: The cafeteria will be serving tater tots on Thursday, not ta... more » Little Green Frog (Wise Latina): ... but you are not old enough to drink a beer. #dalton more » depardoo: No uniforms at Dalton, alas. #prepschool more » MissNormaDesmond: In what way could the students have misquoted him that would have made him look as bad as this does? Unless they had him confessing to a sex crime, h... more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Was it always like this and we just thought it was different, or has it always been like this? #dalton more » naugahydeinplainsight: "Obviously, in the professional world, it would be a nonstarter if a source demanded prior approval of coverage of a speech," LoMonte said. Wonder wh... more » naugahydeinplainsight: Dear Gawker Community, We are unable to comment on this post due to numerous publication constraints. I knew I shouldn't have given the editors the ... more » Mo MoDo: This would make such a cool episode of Gossip Girls. #prepschool more » bytememehard: Dumb laws like this led to mothers being prosecuted for dropping off film ('member those days?) of their bare-bottomed bambinos. In those cases, too, ... more » -
#sigh
Supreme Court Gives White House Another Chance to Block Torture Pics
Barack Obama said he wanted torture photos released, but then he changed his mind. The ACLU won its suit to have them released, but now the Supreme Court is sending that victory back to the Second Circuit to be reconsidered. More » -
#soniasotomayor
South Brooklyn's Supreme Court Justice
Stalked: Sonia Sotomayor at Po on Smith Street. Someone spot her at Bar Great Harry! -
#journalismism
Supreme Court Justice All Broken Up About High School Newspaper Foofaraw
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy demands that you listen closely as he clears the air on this whole "Anthony Kennedy tried to censor a high school newspaper" thing, by blaming it on his staff. Anthony Kennedy loves kids. And newspapers! More » -
#pullquote
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the head of the Student Press Law Center, defending the right of Dalton seniors to publish an article about Anthony Kennedy's visit with students without the Supreme Court Justice's approval, to the New York Times. -
#pissingmatch
Supreme Court Justice Censors High School Newspaper's Puff Piece About Him
Cherry on the cake? It was famed defender of the First Amendment Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, and fancy-pants Manhattan prep school Dalton's class rag. More » -
#feuds
In Free Speech v. Dog Fights, Free Speech Should Win
We've always thought the Supreme Court could be livened up with more dog fights. Now, thanks to a controversy over something called "free speech," we're getting our wish. And the result could rip the liberal set asunder!
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#scientology
The Scientologists Have Gotten to Scalia
The Supreme Court today declined to take the case of a Jewish man who wants to deduct the cost of his kids' Orthodox education as a religious expense, just like Scientologists get to deduct the cost of "auditing." More » -
#itishappeningagain
It's Almost Supreme Court Confirmation Season Again
Oh, wonderful, we're one Supreme Court term away from another aggravating confirmation fight. "Liberal" Justice and former Zeppelin bassist John Paul Stevens just might retire next year. More » -
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#news
Sotomayor Confirmed
Sonia Sotomayor has just become our first Latina Justice of the Supreme Court. Senator Al Franken called for a voice vote, and, as predicted, Sotomayor was easily confirmed by the Senate. More » -
#videos
When the Idea of Sen. Al Franken Was a Joke
NBC hunted through their video archive to find footage of Al Franken's first attempt at questioning a Supreme Court nominee: the 1991 Saturday Night Live spoof on the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill. Art imitates life which imitates Lorne Michaels. More » -
#kkkonservatives
Pat Buchanan Thinks White Men Deserve So Much More
Oh Pat. Rachel Maddow had crazy ole "Uncle Pat" on her show tonight to discuss the Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court nomination and Buchanan went over the dark side with a "white people built this country and deserve more" rant. More » -
#senate
Senator Franken Finally Tells a Joke!
This is Al Franken's first week on the job, so he didn't have time to prepare actual questions for Sonia Sotomayor. Instead he talked about Perry Mason, and how that show made Sotomayor want to be a prosecutor. More » -
#clowns
Glenn Beck Questions the Lack Of Questions at Question-Free Hearing
Glenn Beck is upset, upset that "as our country burns to the ground," we have Senators who didn't bother questioning Obama's racist Mexican lady Supreme Court nominee at her confirmation hearings today! Um, maybe that's because the questioning begins tomorrow? More » -
#clips
Senators Would Not Shut Up About 'Balls and Strikes'
Back in 2005, John Roberts said his job as a justice was "to call balls and strikes," like in baseball. This was the most insidious statement ever uttered by a SCOTUS nominee, as today's Sotomayor hearing showed. More » -
#sigh
This Will Be a Mess
"Call it empathy, call it sympathy, or call it prejudice, but whatever it is, it is not law." Senator Jeff Sessions, who must not own a dictionary or thesaurus, in his Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings opening statement. -
#racism
Where's Lee Atwater When the GOP Needs Him?
Or, to ask it another way, when did Republicans get so bad at the race-baiting game they invented? Newt Gingrich has retracted his accusation that Sonia Sotomayor is a "racist." The old GOP would've never gotten into this mess. More » -
#injustice
Sonia Sotomayor Hates Bloggers
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor helped crush the dreams of a teenage girl last year by joining in a ruling that let a school punish a student for calling its superintendent a "douche bag" on her blog. More »
