The 2015 SCOTUS Awards: A Look Back at the Highs, Lows and Yearly Shenanigans of the Supreme Court

Bill Blum / Truthdig Dec 29, 2015 Justice Antonin Scalia earned his stripes as the court’s loosest cannon for his remarks on Obamacare and same-sex marriage, while Justice Clarence Thomas was honored for making it through his ninth year without asking a single question during oral arguments. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

The Supreme Court on Affirmative Action: 5 Possible Outcomes

Bill Blum / Truthdig Dec 11, 2015 If onetime University of Texas aspirant Abigail Fisher prevails on all of her claims, the last tepid vestiges of race-conscious affirmative action will end at public colleges and universities throughout the land. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

May It Displease the Court: Race and Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Staff / Truthdig Jul 9, 2015 A book on the U.S. Supreme Court justice reveals the bruising backstory to the Texas affirmative action case set to be heard again this fall. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

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Truthdigger of the Week: Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor

BLANK Apr 27, 2014 Sotomayor's eloquent dissent against the decision to allow Michigan to discriminate by race and sex in the college admissions process has the power to wake those asleep in the dream of our country's presumed inevitable progress.Sotomayor's dissent against the decision to allow Michigan to discriminate by race and sex has the power to wake those asleep in the dream of our country's inevitable progress. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Court Stacks the Deck

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Apr 26, 2014 Affirmative action has opened doors for disadvantaged minorities and made this a fairer, more equal society. The Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts apparently wants no more of that. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The 28th Amendment: Getting the Money Out of Politics

Staff / Truthdig Apr 25, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The movement to kill corporate personhood hits the road, Sonia Sotomayor dissents, the state of immigration reform, and Free Press tries to save the Internet from the FCC. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Race Matters: Resegregation and the Rollback of Affirmative Action

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Apr 24, 2014 "I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever." So proclaimed Alabama Gov. George Wallace more than half a century ago. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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Unsurprising Affirmative Action Decision Is Bad News for Gay Marriage

Bill Blum / Truthdig Apr 23, 2014 The current Supreme Court has consistently decided for states' rights and majority rule, which could be a problem as same-sex marriage cases work their way through the judiciary. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Supreme Court Upholds Michigan’s Block on Affirmative Action

Staff / Truthdig Apr 22, 2014 Publicly funded colleges in Michigan still won't be able to take applicants' racial background information into consideration in the admissions process, as the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with a referendum that passed in the Great Lakes State in 2006 banning the practice. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Supreme Court Preview: A Storm Is on the Horizon

Bill Blum / Truthdig Sep 5, 2013 As the war clouds gather over Washington in preparation for airstrikes against Syria, the nine justices who sit on the Supreme Court have returned from summer break and are preparing to kick up a legal storm of their own as they resume their quest to radically transform federal law and the Constitution. As the war clouds gather over Washington, the nine justices who sit on the Supreme Court are preparing to kick up a legal storm of their own. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )