Justice Clarence Thomas recalled the announcement of his appointment to the Supreme Court as being like a “near death experience” in a lecture at Southern Methodist University on Wednesday evening.
Carlos Moreno is the only justice on the California Supreme Court to marry a gay couple, and the only justice who dissented from a decision last May upholding a ballot…
A U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearing can be a difficult process. It turns out, that just getting to Washington, D.C., for the nomination announcement can also involve some twists and…
When Louis Brandeis was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1916, some considered him a dangerous radical. Yet he was confirmed and spent more than two decades on the…
Pop singer Ricky Martin attended a public investiture ceremony for Justice Sonia Sotomayor yesterday, but a U.S. Supreme Court spokeswoman didn’t know the reason why.
Justice John Paul Stevens has so far hired only one law clerk for 2010, leading to speculation that he will announce his retirement at the end of the coming term.
Used by some Republican senators as a rallying cry against the confirmation of new U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, her controversial “wise Latina” comment is now being proclaimed by…
In a historic moment, the U.S. Senate today voted 68-31 to confirm President Barack Obama’s nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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