On Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled 8-1 against three convicted murderers, including two brothers, whose death sentences had been vacated by the Kansas Supreme Court. The decision—which ultimately revolved around sentencing procedures, the New York Times reports, and will likely not have very much impact on the…
For those of you who missed it—it was timed to be missed—late this past Thursday afternoon, while America was already drunk on vodka-infused watermelon, the Supreme Court quietly granted an injunction to Wheaton College, a Christian liberal arts college, temporarily allowing it to avoid the Affordable Care Act's…
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor late Tuesday temporarily blocked the Obama administration's enforcement of the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive coverage requirements for a small group of Catholic nuns. The government has until Friday to file a response in the case.
Today Washington, D.C. was all atwitter with the graduation of President Obama from first-term president to second-term president. Here is your Inauguration 2013 yearbook.
Joe Biden was sworn in to his second term this morning. A Corvette delivered the oath, kidding, it was Sonia Sotomayor.
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor stopped by Sesame Street last week to offer young girls and boys some dream shattering-career advice, which basically boils down to: you'll never, ever be a princess, so start studying for law school now. The clip is actually adorable, and shows Sotomayor defining, in very kid…
Stalked: Sonia Sotomayor at Po on Smith Street. Someone spot her at Bar Great Harry!
Why did this come out after she was sworn in, hmm? Sonia Sotomayor had her Equinox Fitness membership canceled because she insisted on always breezing in without showing her I.D. card. What a reverse-racist! [NYM]
Sonia Sotomayor rocked history books today when she was sworn in as the 111th Associate Justice of the United States, and the first Hispanic to do it. Let's look back at how she got here, and how people are celebrating:
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.
IRS authorities are after Nick Cage, Clooney shows off his new lady-friend, Jude Law met the mother of his latest child on the street at 4am, Britney Spears has a new do and a Sopranos movie is in the works.
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.
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.
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.
Have you been watching the Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings? Us either! It's all just so damn ... boring! But the Daily Show has been watching and Jon Stewart had fun with some of the clips last night.
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?
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.
Senator Al Franken(!!!) is giving his opening remarks in the Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings. If he says anything intentionally or unintentionally funny we will let you know. Oh, a protester just got kicked out. (Coleman?) [Photo: AP]
"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.
