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The Selling Out of Our Democracy

Staff / Truthdig Aug 8, 2011 For years, the conservative wing of the Supreme Court has flapped mightily in the face of any attempt to deny American corporations their ability to disenfranchise and dispossess the American public. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Innocent and Executed

Staff / Truthdig Jun 30, 2011 This week on Truthdig Radio in collaboration with KPFK: Argentina's bloody past and New York's historic gay marriage moment Also, actor and activist Mike Farrell talks about death penalty injustice Plus, Robert and Peter Scheer celebrate (sort of) Justice Scalia Update: Full transcriptThis week: Argentina's bloody past, New York's gay marriage moment, Mike Farrell on death penalty injustice, and the Scheers celebrate (sort of) Scalia. Dig deeper ( 34 Min. Read )

Yes to Violence, No to Sex

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jun 29, 2011 Scalia’s opinion is actually quite thrilling in enunciating an extremely broad definition of the free speech rights of minors. But it is simply bizarre in dismissing the claimed harmful effects of violent depictions while still insisting on the strictest puritanical view of the dangers of sexual imagery. This American life of ours has long been pro-violence and anti-sex, unless the two can be merged so that violence is the dominant theme. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Supreme Court to Kids: Resume Fire (Update)

Staff / Truthdig Jun 27, 2011 American kids scored a victory Monday over parents who just don't understand how the U.S. Supreme Court could uphold an appellate court's decision striking down a California law banning the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. (more) Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Wal-Mart 1, Women 0

Staff / Truthdig Jun 20, 2011 The US Supreme Court has ruled unanimously against a group that sued Wal-Mart over alleged sex discrimination in matters of pay and promotion in the name of up to 15 million women who worked there and at Sam's Club since 1998 Monday's decision reversed a California U Court of Appeals decision (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

SCOTUS Split on Wal-Mart Suit

Staff / Truthdig Mar 31, 2011 Is the law of our land gender-neutral? And might the gender of the justices handling a case -- as in the case of the gargantuan and complex sexual discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart under consideration at the U.S. Supreme Court -- impact important legal decisions? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stevens v. Scalia

Staff / Truthdig Oct 22, 2010 Now that retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens no longer has to see his former colleague Justice Antonin Scalia in the lunchroom every day, he's free to tell tales out of the top court, which he did earlier this month in a speech criticizing Scalia's handling of a case from 1991. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Souter’s Challenge to Scalia

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jun 3, 2010 It should become the philosophical shot heard ’round the country. In a remarkable speech that received far too little attention, former Supreme Court Justice David Souter took direct aim at the conservatives' favorite theory of judging.In a remarkable speech that received far too little attention, former Supreme Court Justice David Souter took direct aim at the conservatives' favorite theory of judging. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Supreme Victory for Special Interests

John Dean / Truthdig Jan 22, 2010 The conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court, none of whom has been elected to anything, ever, has given a monumental victory to special interests. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Colbert Report’: Is That a Cross-Mallow in Your Lucky Charms?

Staff / Truthdig Oct 15, 2009 Stephen Colbert is on a serious tear in this "Colbert Report" clip from Tuesday night's show, tackling religious symbology, reptilian champion of atheism Christopher Hitchens, canary-eating Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and the infamous Three-Fifths Compromise all in one go -- and that's before he busts into the Apostles' Creed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

SCOTUS Ponders Dog-Fighting Videos, ‘Human Sacrifice Channel’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 7, 2009 Sometimes when making a legal argument, it's useful to go to hyperbolic extremes to illustrate the ideological flaws or possible outcomes associated with a potential ruling, which is why the conversation in the United States Supreme Court on Tuesday ranged from dog-fighting videos to a (hypothetical) cable channel for human sacrifice enthusiasts. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )