All Posts Tagged With: "supreme court justice"

Justice Sotomayor Criticizes Immigration Law

The first Hispanic justice to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court has taken the lead role of criticizing the controversial Arizona immigration law. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a liberal was the first Supreme Court justice President Barack Obama appointed. She was widely quoted for sharp criticism of the government’s argument that the Arizona law preempts federal [...]

Elena Kagan Is Concerned about the Current State of Law

Elena Kagan has been expressing concerns about the current state of Law in the country and she said that a conservative Supreme Court has been making attempts to cut back on the rights of women, criminal defendants and prisoners. Throughout her time served with Justice Thurgood Marshall, Elena Kagan had been passing memos to express [...]

Elena Kagan’s Documents Are Spread over 160,000 Pages

In related news, we mentioned that President Barack Obama requested the National Archives to release all supportive documents on Elena Kagan’s work and it seems like the judiciary board will have a lot of reading to do, because these “documents” are spread over 160,000 pages. Kagan’s work as associate counsel to Clinton and deputy director [...]

Obama to Choose Kagan to Succeed Retiring Justice

You do know that President Barack Obama handed in that list of candidates for the Supreme Court Justice Thing right? Well if things work out, then Obama’s second nominee to sit on the highest U.S. court is going to be someone who never served time as a judge! Jeff Sessions – Senior Republican on Senate [...]

Finalization of New Supreme Court Justice Is Settled

And it appears that the process for finalization of new Supreme Court Justice is finally getting settled. President Obama held a meeting with Senate leaders (from both parties of course) and tried to land smoothly with the confirmation process. Obama believes that when he brought up Sonia Sotomayor’s name to the high court, the four [...]

Dems to Move Judicial Nominees. What Way?

The Democratic Leaders are getting a little itchy about the issue of selecting a replacement for Supreme Court Justice – John Paul Stevens. Senator / Senate Leader Harry Reid thought of revving up the vote confirmation process in the coming few weeks. “Even if we have to maintain the senate sessions on weekends, we wont [...]

Supreme Court Nominee, Republican’s Concern

President Barack Obama is aiming for a new replacement for the retiring Supreme Court Justice, John Paul Stevens. So far, the US president has short listed 10 to 15 names and it is a tough decision. All candidates will be subject to a thorough analysis before any one of them is selected as the new [...]

Choosing Supreme Court Justice, Getting Tough

We all know that the Supreme Court Justice, John Paul Stevens is lining up for retirement. This calls in for replacement plans and on the list we have two “uncommon” names: • Elena Kagan • Diane Wood Both these ladies will be subject to a thorough biographical examination and their track record will be analyzed [...]