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Where Is The Next Liberal Justice Coming From?

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On February 28, 2008
Jeffrey Rosen brings up an interesting point about the judicial options for the next Democratic president. The recent Republican dominance of the White House leaves the Democrats with a very small group within the most desirable target candidates (relatively young, female or Hispanic, significant appellate...

The Voter Fraud Fraud

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On January 10, 2008
In the wake of yesterday's oral argument in the Indiana voting rights case, Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, in which the Bush v. Gore majority played ping pong with Paul Smith, the lawyer for the Indiana state Democrats challenging the law, facial challenges to...

Bad Signs for Baze

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On January 8, 2008

It's been buried by NH primary news, but it's worth noting that the Supreme Court heard Baze v. Rees yesterday. The case challenges Kentucky's use of a three-drug cocktail to.

Lesser Sentence For Crack Distribution Upheld

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On December 10, 2007
I'm guessing Bean will have more to say about this, but the Supreme Court today held in a 7-2 decision that lower court judges are permitted not to apply federal sentencing guidelines (including, in this case, guidelines that mandate much harsher sentences for trafficking crack...

Borking and The Court

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On November 20, 2007
I actually agree with two points that Ross Douthat makes here. First, I think that there's a tendency to assume that Roe's popular support made its upholding inevitable, but this really isn't the case. If Reagan had appointed Bork and Scalia in reverse order, for...

Death Penalty Moratorium

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On October 31, 2007

It's all but official: the Supreme Court issued a stay of execution for a prisoner in Mississippi, "and thus gave a nearly indisputable indication that a majority intends to block.

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