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Clarence Thomas is not a sellout
Blacks who challenge affirmative action and other "black orthodoxies" are not betraying their race. Or so argues author Randall Kennedy.
By James Hannaham Jan 21, 2008
Who would Antonin Scalia torture?
Next week, when the Supreme Court hears a case challenging the use of lethal injections, we may learn more about the legal limits to state-sanctioned pain.
By Alan Berlow Jan 2, 2008
Clarence Thomas casts himself in "Native Son"
How can a justice with such a keen sense of his own persecution be so blind to others'?
Tim Grieve Oct 1, 2007
"The Nine"
Jeffrey Toobin's new book peeks inside the sheltered world of the Supreme Court justices. Are the unpredictable personal dynamics among the justices more important than the agenda they brought with them?
By Garrett Epps Sep 13, 2007
Condi Rice never looks back
That attitude, says Marcus Mabry in his new biography of the secretary of state, has seriously harmed the United States.
By Joe Conason May 4, 2007
A chicken hawk takes on a "hydra-headed enemy"
Clarence Thomas says his colleagues aren't familiar with the ways of war. Tell it to John Paul Stevens.
Tim Grieve Jun 30, 2006
Quote of the Day
Clarence Thomas says we need to pray for George W. Bush.
Tim Grieve May 22, 2006
Roberts and Scalia, peas in a pod?
In his first dissent, the chief justice aligns himself with the far right.
Tim Grieve Jan 17, 2006
Miers: Not the first evangelical justice
Born-again Christians say they're unrepresented. But Clarence Thomas was an evangelical when he joined the court.
By Amy Sullivan Oct 6, 2005
Bush: "I picked the best person I could find"
Echoing his father's comments about Clarence Thomas, the president says that his Supreme Court nominee is "plenty bright" and the most qualified person for the job.
Tim Grieve Oct 4, 2005
Courting disaster
Legal scholar Cass Sunstein explains the dangers of "fundamentalist" judges on the Supreme Court, why conservatives should fear right-wing radicals as much as liberals, and what went wrong with Roe v. Wade.
By J.J. Helland Sep 12, 2005
It's the math: Roberts will be confirmed
Unless senators discover a skeleton in his closet, the nomination fight is over before it even begins.
Tim Grieve Jul 21, 2005
The woman who could detonate the "nuclear option"
The looming filibuster showdown is likely to be triggered by Priscilla Owen, who was accused of judicial activism by an unlikely foe -- Alberto Gonzales.
By Eric Boehlert May 3, 2005
The next war: Bush and the Supreme Court
With William Rehnquist and Sandra Day O'Connor considering retirement, activists on all sides are preparing for a firefight over Bush's next high-court nominee.
By Tim Grieve Jun 27, 2003
Onward, Christian soldiers
With its allies now controlling Congress and the White House, the religious right launches a crusade to cleanse America of sin. The first battlefield: Women's bodies.
By Louise Witt Jan 3, 2003
A nauseating ruling
Clarence Thomas says marijuana has no medical use. Maybe he'd like to try my cancer
By Dan Shapiro May 15, 2001
Can John Ashcroft be stopped?
If the Clarence Thomas hearings are any guide, disorganized Democrats could be the Republican nominee's best friends.
By Bruce Shapiro Jan 16, 2001
Letting it all leak out
Betsey Johnson's left breast disappears under veil of secrecy, NP leaks the story. Plus: Real-life Erin Brockovich extorted by scumbag exes; and Amy Irving ponders significance of oyster predilection
By Amy Reiter May 1, 2000
Lighten up, Sandy baby
The recent Supreme Court decision on nude dancing had Justice O'Connor ruling on G-strings and pasties.
By Virginia Vitzthum Apr 4, 2000
I sold commie posters to a future Supreme Court justice
Long ago His Honor paid 10 bucks for a Bolshevik broadsheet. I wonder where it's hanging now.
By Jock O'Connell Nov 18, 1999
Who harassed whom?
The former chief of staff to Sen. Max Baucus claims he sexually harassed her, then fired her, but the senator tells an entirely different story -- that she was relentlessly abusing his staff.
By Susan Crabtree Sep 18, 1999
The color of money
Of course there are blacks on TV. You just have to pay to see them.
By Joyce Millman Aug 23, 1999
Decade of the infamous phallus
Saturating the nation in one scandal after another, the American male member takes center stage in the last decade of the millenium.
By Deanne Stillman Feb 11, 1999
"Black people must be stupid"
A black writer takes issue with David Horowitz's criticism of African-American bloc-voting in the last election.
By Joel Dreyfuss Dec 1, 1998
A masterful Machiavellian matriarch
Former Rep. Pat Schroeder talks about her 24-year stint in Congress, sharing a chair with Ron Dellums and why Monica Lewinsky is no victim.
By Lesley Gold Jul 13, 1998
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