Keeping the Supreme Court in Check

Bruce Fein / Truthdig Nov 2, 2008 Neither McCain nor Obama would alter the prevailing jurisprudence in the Supreme Court or in subordinate tribunals. The unfortunate result will be a judiciary that is deferential to presidential powers and law enforcement in the name of fighting international terrorism. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

John McCain and the Pips

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Ready, Aim, Backfire

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Jul 1, 2008 There's a silver lining in the Supreme Court's recent ruling on the Second Amendment: Even Antonin Scalia recognizes that gun control is not the same thing as gun confiscation. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Court of Radicals

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jun 27, 2008 In knocking down the District of Columbia's 32-year ban on handgun possession, the conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court have shown again their willingness to abandon precedent in order to do whatever is necessary to further the agenda of the contemporary political right. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Different Republican, Same Right-Wing Court

Marie Cocco / Truthdig May 8, 2008 There is no mystery to the missing lightning rods. John McCain neglects to volunteer the names of Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas as model jurists for an obvious reason. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Supreme Court Puts Executions on Hold

Staff / Truthdig Nov 1, 2007 The Supreme Court has placed a temporary moratorium on the death penalty while it considers the legality of lethal injection, which should take months. Justices Scalia and Alito dissented from the opinion, which spared prisoner Earl Wesley Berry only minutes before he was to be killed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Unmaking History

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jun 29, 2007 It's time for those of us who are old enough to remember when the U.S. Supreme Court was a major force for racial integration and justice to stop living in the past. We need to realize that, for the foreseeable future, any progress our increasingly diverse country makes toward fairness and equality will come in spite of the nation's highest court, not because of it. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Supreme Court Gives Gore’s Oscar to Bush

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Mar 4, 2007 The satirist reports that the justices have applied their electoral wisdom to the Academy Awards. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Scalia to the Environment: Drop Dead!

Staff / Truthdig Dec 1, 2006 Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia pretty much summed it up during a high court session Wednesday when he said, "I don't want to have to deal with global warming, to tell you the truth." Yep, that sounds like the truth to us. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Even Scalia Opposes Flag-Burning Amendment

Staff / Truthdig Jun 23, 2006 The arch-conservative Supreme Court justice is quoted in this Jonathan Alter column as saying that banning flag-burning would "[dilute] the very freedom that makes this emblem so revered.? Mr. President, when you find yourself to the right of Antonin Scalia, you've crossed over into crazy town. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Scalia to Conservatives: Butt Out!

Staff / Truthdig May 20, 2006 Justice Antonin Scalia told fellow conservatives on Capitol Hill to butt out of the Supreme Court's business in regards to using foreign law in its constitutional rulings. "It's none of your business," he said during a speech. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Did Scalia Prejudge Guantanamo Case?

Staff / Truthdig Mar 27, 2006 Newsweek surfaces unpublicized comments by the Supreme Court justice in which he scoffs at the idea of extending full legal rights to Guantanamo detainees. Problem is: He has yet to judge that case. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )