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Lots of female justices headed to the Supreme Court?
Justice Alito thinks so -- in a generation.
Katharine Mieszkowski Feb 9, 2007
Sandra Day O'Connor: Why I left the Supreme Court
And why Ruth Bader Ginsburg doesn't relish being the only woman left serving there.
Katharine Mieszkowski Feb 5, 2007
Behind Bush's "new way forward"
A battered group of neocons delivered the president his latest war plan, letting him reject the grave warnings of the Iraq Study Group and deny that we're losing the war.
By Sidney Blumenthal Dec 20, 2006
Ginsburg: GOP plan for judges sounds like a "Soviet" deal
The justice pushes back against Republicans' efforts to police the third branch.
Tim Grieve May 4, 2006
DeLay: Threatened judges still don't "get it"
Christians are persecuted; judges are just dense.
Tim Grieve Mar 29, 2006
Court sends abortion law back for repairs
Pro-choicers say todays Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood ruling could be worse.
Lynn Harris Jan 18, 2006
Meek, mild and menacing
Samuel Alito's Willy Loman facade conceals seething resentments -- and a dangerous belief in unbridled presidential power.
By Sidney Blumenthal Jan 12, 2006
Abortion rights get another day in court
Questions of parental involvement and clinic harassment could further gut Roe.
Lynn Harris Nov 30, 2005
And now for something completely different
Feminist Majority's Ellie Smeal weighs in on the Harriet Miers withdrawal.
Rebecca Traister Oct 27, 2005
The cost -- to the right -- of Miers' scalp
O'Connor may get a vote after all in abortion cases looming on the Supreme Court's docket
Tim Grieve Oct 27, 2005
Bush's Supreme Court pick: Harriet Miers
The president selects a loyalist with no prior judicial experience.
Tim Grieve Oct 3, 2005
Rehnquist's replacement: John G. Roberts?
Bush is said to be considering Roberts as well as Alberto Gonzales and a short list of others.
T.G. Sep 4, 2005
Rehnquist's death, and what comes next
Two months ago, we knew that George W. Bush would have another Supreme Court opening soon. Now, amid Katrina, the news comes as a shock.
T.G. Sep 4, 2005
Not another white man!
Bush's Roberts pick leaves the high court -- which symbolically represents an entire branch of the federal government -- with only one woman and one racial minority. That's absurd and wrong.
By Farhad Manjoo Jul 21, 2005
"We've got to Bork Roberts!"
Protesters sweat it out in the sweltering Manhattan heat to take their first stand against Bush's Supreme Court nominee.
By Rebecca Traister Jul 21, 2005
A "dignified" process? Don't bet on it
Bush's Supreme Court nominee had a rocky road to the court of appeals.
Tim Grieve Jul 19, 2005
Supreme Court announcement tonight
Bush has made his decision and will announce it at 9 p.m.
Tim Grieve Jul 19, 2005
Bush, wagging the court, dodges Plame question
If the plan was to avert attention from the Plame case, it seems to be working -- more or less.
Tim Grieve Jul 19, 2005
Supreme Court: Gonzales out, a woman in?
With the polls grim on Rove and Arlen Specter rushing to the White House for a last-minute evening meeting, a nomination could come any minute now.
Tim Grieve Jul 19, 2005
Did Specter tell the right to "butt out"?
The chairman of the Senate Judicary Committee complains about the noise from special interest groups. The Family Research Council is fuming.
Tim Grieve Jul 13, 2005
Reid: Bush didn't name names
The president breaks bread but not news in a meeting with Senate leaders about Sandra Day O'Connor's replacement.
Tim Grieve Jul 12, 2005
Waiting for Rehnquist -- and O'Connor, again?
The chief justice's retirement is now so widely anticipated now that senators are talking openly about his replacement. Arlen Specter's pick: Sandra Day O'Connor
Tim Grieve Jul 11, 2005
The Rehnquist watch heats up
Today? Monday? Next year? Nobody knows for sure, but the White House is making plans for two vacancies on the Supreme Court.
Tim Grieve Jul 8, 2005
The final tilt of the scales
With Sandra Day O'Connor's retirement, right-wing Republicans see the opportunity of a lifetime to seize the Supreme Court once and for all.
By Sidney Blumenthal Jul 7, 2005
Harry Reid on London and everything else
The Senate minority leader says Supreme Court justices would like the president to send them a colleague who hasn't been a judge before.
Tim Grieve Jul 7, 2005
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