Tag: Supreme Court
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Hope you haven’t forgotten about Troy Davis…
On June 23rd, Troy Davis will finally get an evidentiary hearing on his habeas corpus petition down in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia in Savannah. (If you are wondering “who the heck is this Davis guy?” right now, first slap yourself hard for being uninformed, and second, read here.) So why…
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Supreme Ideology
Cool info-graphic illustrating ideological shifts over time, by Justice, on the Supreme Court. What I wouldn’t give for two more William O. Douglases circa 1974!
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Oops!
Great catch by Eric Kleefeld of Talking Points Memo, who dug up the Senate confirmation vote on Sonia Sotomayor when the Supreme Court nominee was confirmed in 1998 for the U.S. Court of Appeals.