June 22, 2009
Assume for a moment that Justice Anthony Kennedy were to change his mind and vote to overturn Roe v. Wade – or that Judge Sotomayor, if confirmed, were to surprise the President and confound his supporters and vote with the four conservative justices on this subject – what would be the legal, social, and political [...]
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June 8, 2009
The Supreme Court issued its decision in Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal Co. today. Here is the Court's opinion and here is a news report of the decision from the New York Times. In a 5-4 decision along ideological lines, the Court ruled that it was a violation of the Due Process Clause for a judge to fail to remove [...]
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