Supreme Court

Transparency Can Curb Corporate Impact on Elections

Bill de Blasio : Heritage of Pride

In the face of a Supreme Court decision that eliminates crucial checks on corporate political spending nationwide, we must demand greater accountability and transparency around how corporations spend money in elections across the country.

Corpus Ex Machina

Patricia J. Williams : Corporations

Citizens United raises the questions: why is speech the functional equivalent of money, and why are corporations considered persons?

Democracy Inc.

The Editors : Corporations

The Citizens United campaign finance decision makes it possible for the nation's most powerful economic interests to manipulate not just individual electoral contests but political discourse itself.

For Prop 8 Trial, Supreme Court Banishes Cameras

Linda Hirshman : Internet & New Media

Had the Supreme Court not kicked video cameras out of the courtroom, the Prop 8 trial may have enabled Americans to see how a controversial court decision is born.

The Supreme Court Slams the Door

Herman Schwartz

How a mere "procedural" decision blatantly shortchanges justice.

Repairing Our Broken Justice System

Gara LaMarche : Law & Justice

We need to change the sorry frame of the debate over judges and the role the judicial system plays in our democracy.

Slide Show: Sotomayor's Rise

Images and analysis from The Nation that capture the story of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as she makes history.

The GOP's 'Wise Latina' Fixation

The Rachel Maddow Show

Slate's Dahlia Lithwick examines how Republican rhetoric on race at Sotomayor's confirmation hearings may backfire.

Sotomayor Hearings: White Men Can't Judge

The Daily Show : Humor

Jon Stewart takes on the absurdity of Senate confirmation hearings by deflating the pomposity of senators from both parties.

Judging Sonia Sotomayor

VideoNation

As the Senate confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor kick off, The Nation interviews Slate's Dahlia Lithwick for a preview.

Buchanan's Bigotry Finds Home on TV

Media Matters for America : Media Analysis

Pat Buchanan launches into paranoid racist rants in response to the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court.

Sotomayor is a Sporting Judge

Dave Zirin : Sports

To gauge her judicial temperament, take a close look at Sonia Sotomayor's rulings in sports. Left-wing in theory, right-wing in practice--no wonder she clicked so smoothly with the Obama administration.

The Real Sotomayor

Conservatives should think twice before using Sonia Sotomayor's Latina identity against her.

Attacking Sotomayor: Race to the Bottom

Media Matters for America

Right wing commentators, with characteristic disregard for reason or reality, have already begun smearing Judge Sonia Sotomayor.

Nation Forum: Sotomayor's Judicial Style

Three legal scholars assess the impact of Obama's nomination of Federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the US Supreme Court.

Slide Show: Obama's Supreme Choice

Barack Obama

Who should the president choose to replace Justice Souter? Here are some images of the candidates on our wish list.