Bill Blum / TruthdigSep 29, 2015
Francis' full-throated opposition to the death penalty puts him at the opposite end of the moral universe from Scalia, Thomas and Alito. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 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 )
Bill Blum / TruthdigJun 29, 2015
The end of the U.S. Supreme Court’s term has brought some big surprises for sure, but should either end of the political/social spectrum get excited about what the major decisions might mean? Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigDec 29, 2014
Every week the Truthdig editorial staff selects a Truthdigger of the Week, a group or person worthy of recognition for speaking truth to power, breaking the story or blowing the whistle. Here are 10 Truthdiggers from 2014 we think are worth reflecting upon at the end of the year. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
BLANKApr 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 )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigApr 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 )
Staff / TruthdigApr 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 )
Staff / TruthdigApr 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 )
Bill Blum / TruthdigApr 16, 2014
It should come as no surprise that Ginsburg is at the center of a roiling debate among left-leaning lawyers, scholars and legal commentators as to whether the time has come for her to retire in order to permit a Democratic president, Barack Obama, to nominate her successor. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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