Posts Tagged ‘ Supreme Court ’

As someone who is dangerously close to having a mustache himself, this story really hit home for me (link has some NSFW pics farther down, but don’t worry, they’re tasteful). Perhaps it’s a subconcious fear of this kind of second-class treatment that is stopping me from shaving the rest of my beard and letting...
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Recommended for people who like: Law and Order, The Daily Show, anything by Howard Zinn, reading footnotes, abovethelaw, Dahlia Lithwick or anything written by the Jurisprudence department of Slate.com. The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffrey Toobin is an examination of the Supreme Court during the tenure of Chief...
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As I am reading _The Nine_, which I highly recommend… I was troubled by this post of mine a few days ago in light of this quote (on page 146 of my copy)… In the Court itself, as a new term began in October 2000, a near silence prevailed.  Controversial cases seemed to have...
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Today, the Supreme Court opened for its 2008 term. Whereas last term the Supreme Court tackled important (read: gossip worthy) issues like gun control , torture, child pornography , or the ICJ’s role in death penalty cases, this term the Court decided to take a little break. Maybe they’re trying not provoke anyone’s attention...
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Dear Ellen Degeneres: Until last week, all of my Ellen knowledge was hearsay. My little sister is a huge fan of yours. She does a killer go!gurt sketch and a pretty good “let me find my cellphone as it rings” dance. Actually, I should say I’ve heard her impersonations are pretty good. I’ve never...
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