Tag Archives: SCOTUS

Another SCOTUS summer

Posted on 10 May 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

This morning President Obama nominated US Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace Justice Stevens on the Supreme Court of the United States.
Her approval by the Senate is virtually a lock.
At least the MSM won’t be able to whine about yet … Continue reading →

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POLL ALERT! (Not really) POLL ALERT!

Posted on 20 April 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

This was from CMR about POTUS and SCOTUS:
CNN Poll: 39% of Americans Drunk Right Now
Shock poll. A CNN poll released Wednesday indicates that 61 percent of the public expect the president to nominate a liberal to replace John Paul Stevens … Continue reading →

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Chief Justice Roberts: stare decisis is not an ‘inexorable command’ – overturning Roe v Wade

Posted on 26 January 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I have so much to read that I quail at the idea of more.  Still, after a reader alerted me to this, I am thinking that perhaps I did not make a mistake by putting Newsmax on my wishlist.  
My … Continue reading →

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The Red Mass

Posted on 5 October 2009 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

On the 1st Monday of October the Supreme Court of the United States begins its new season.
There are now six Catholics on the SCOTUS.  In the history of the Court there have only been twelve.
This morning was the Red Mass … Continue reading →

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Oath of The Supremes

Posted on 27 May 2009 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Constitution does not give any details about the Oath of Office to be taken by Justices of the Supreme Court.  
Article 6 covers oath:
The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all … Continue reading →

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Kmiec: Sotomayor’s experience trumps all

Posted on 27 May 2009 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

If you think that Judge Sotomayor’s nomination wasn’t planned to be another wedge between Catholics with a clear identity and those who are rather on the Catholic Lite side, here is Doug Kmiec’s take in the, where else, National Catholic … Continue reading →

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Wedges

Posted on 26 May 2009 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

It seems suddenly okay that a nominee to the Supreme Court be … *GASP*  …. Catholic!
On the website of The Boston Globe comes this on the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to SCOTUS.
My emphases and comments.
Sotomayor would be sixth Catholic … Continue reading →

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