Chris Dickson (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
"RENEWING THE AMERICAN DREAM" This time, Roe vs. Wade really could hang in the balance If Justices John Paul Stevens or Ruth Bader Ginsburg were to be replaced by a staunch conservative, that could tip the majority against abortion rights. The Supreme Court's onetime wide majority in favor of abortion rights has shrunk to one: Justice John Paul Stevens, who is 88. Now the decision's fate may depend...
Political Wire (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
During his weekend interview with Pastor Rick Warren, Sen. John McCain said that if he were president he would have never nominated Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, David Souter or John Paul Stevens to the Supreme Court. McCain wasn't a senator when Stevens was nominated, but why did he nevertheless vote to confirm Ginsburg , Breyer , and Souter ?
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Retiring New York Times Supreme Court reporter Linda Greenhouse has answered some more questions from readers at nytimes.com. After an earlier revelation that she considers the former ACLU lawyer Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg a centrist comes details of her deep affection for late ultra-liberal Justice William Brennan , whose decisions favored explicit racial quotas, no limits on abortion, mandatory...
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
The New York Times sent veteran Supreme Court reporter Linda Greenhouse into retirement in grand style on Sunday, turning over to her the front page of the Week in Review for " 2,691 Decisions ," a title marking the number of court cases she had covered during her tenure. Unmentioned were her off-the-clock denunciations of conservatives, as in her infamous speech at Harvard in June 2006 when she tore...
Drudge Retort (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
John Paul Stevens and Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- the two oldest Supreme Court justices and half of its liberal wing -- are considered the most likely to retire during the next president's term in office.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
WASHINGTON — John Paul Stevens still plays tennis at 88. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 75, works out regularly in the Supreme Court gym.
Heavy-Handed Politics (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
By William Rusher It must be fun to be Justice Anthony Kennedy. You show up for a conference at the Supreme Court and almost always find that four of your colleagues (Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David Souter, Stephen Breyer and John Paul Stevens) are lined up on the liberal side of every ideological issue, while the other four (John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas) are on the conservative...
Commentary - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
In recent decades, from Abe Fortas and Thurgood Marshall, appointed by Lyndon Johnson in the 1960s, to Clinton appointees Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the 1990s, liberal Democrats are rarely disappointed in the......
Vital Signs Blog (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
It must be fun to be Justice Anthony Kennedy. You show up for a conference at the Supreme Court and almost always find that four of your colleagues (Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David Souter, Stephen Breyer and John Paul Stevens) are lined up on the liberal side of every ideological issue, while the other four (John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas) are on the conservative side. So...
Return of the Conservatives (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
I can't think of a class of criminal that would warrant being executed more than a child rapist. I am outraged that Anthony Kennedy along with his socialist liberal pals John Paul Stevens, David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer would allow a monster such as Patrick Kennedy to steal one more breath of oxygen rather than to have him executed and sent to burn in hell. From the decision:...
Planet Intertwingly (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Some sectors of the blogosphere have been abuzz of late regarding the case of DC vs. Heller. Yet why? Just because nine people named Samuel Anthony Alito, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony M. Kennedy, John G. Roberts, Antonin Scalia, David Hackett Souter, John Paul Stevens, and Clarence Thomas will publish their various opinions on whether they [...]
Consul-At-Arms (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Dafydd at Big Lizards ("owned and operated by four souls, which mysteriously enough inhabit only three bodies") discusses the possibilities and consequences of the future composition of the Supreme Court. Money quote(s): "(I)f one more justice in the mold of Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg or Stephen Breyer is appointed to the Court, decisions such as this will likely become commonplace. Many
The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Greenwald's take on the stakes: Three of the five Justices in the majority -- John Paul Stevens (age 88), Ruth Bader Ginsburg (age 75) and David Souter (age 68) -- are widely expected by court observers to retire or otherwise...
Contrapuntal News (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Age as of January, 2017, Inauguration Day of the following President: Justice John Paul Stevens: 96 years Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: 82 years Justice Antonin Scalia: 80 years -- Conservative Justice Anthony Kennedy: 79 years -- Swing Vote Conservative Justice Stephen Breyer: 78 years Justice David Souter: 77 years -- Swing Vote In other words, the next President will literally define the Supreme...
Raising Kaine - Front Page (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
The current members of the United States Supreme Court are: "Liberals" John Paul Stevens , born in 1920, is 88 years old ; appointed by Gerald Ford (R). Ruth Bader Ginsburg , born in 1933, is 75 years old ; appointed by Bill Clinton (D). David Hackett Souter , born in 1939, is 68 years old ; appointed by George H.W. Bush (R). Stephen Gerald Breyer , born in 1938, is 69 years old ; appointed by Bill...
