Tag Archives: Supreme Court

Justice Antonin Scalia: The Bard of the Bench? (With a Mark Fiore Political Cartoon Video)

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Award-winning political cartoonist Mark Fiore said that it only seemed fitting “to use Antonin Scalia’s own words for a poetry slam, since the justice’s snarky dissents are filled with so many poetic gems.”  Fiore noted that the … Continue reading →

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Antonin Scalia and the Context of Context [UPDATED]

Posted on June 29, 2015 by mespo727272

By Mark Esposito I’ve been reading a lot of Supreme Court cases lately. No big appeal coming up or any federal research to do on any of my cases, I’m just completely  fascinated by Justice Antonin Scalia. The firebrand in … Continue reading →

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Picture of the Day for June 26, 2015: On the Subject of Same-Sex Marriage and Justice Antonin Scalia

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

Posted by Elaine Magliaro I couldn’t resist posting this picture today.

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Quote of the Day for June 26, 2016: Justice Kennedy’s Beautiful Closing Paragraph of the Supreme Court’s Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Elaine Magliaro

Posted by Elaine Magliaro Jordan Weissmann of Slate said that Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy, who authored the Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing same-sex marriage throughout the United States, “is sometimes made fun of for his notoriously purple prose.” He said that today, … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Joins the Torture Debate…Once Again Claiming That Nothing in the Constitution Prohibits It

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Mark Sherman of the Associated Press reported today that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was “joining the debate over the Senate’s torture report by saying it’s hard to rule out the use of extreme measures to extract … Continue reading →

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“The Echo Chamber”: Reuters Investigation Finds That a Small Group of Lawyers Dominates the Docket at the Supreme Court

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro This morning, Reuters published the first part of a three-part investigative series, Part 1: A cadre of well-connected attorneys has honed the art of getting the Supreme Court to take up cases – and business is capitalizing on … Continue reading →

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Ian Millhiser Explains How the Supreme Court May Have Helped Make It Possible for Police to Kill By Chokehold

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

By Elaine Magliaro Ian Millhiser has an interesting article over at ThinkProgress titled How The Supreme Court Helped Make It Possible For Police To Kill By Chokehold. His article tells the story of an African-American man named Adolph Lyons who “was choked out by … Continue reading →

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