Law
Privacy: Pap Talks to Jon Mills
Category: News
Show: Ring of Fire
Mike Papantonio of Air America's Ring of Fire talks with author Jon Mills, who'll tell us how the Bush administration, and the powerful corporations that have been pulling the strings from behind the scenes, have stripped away almost every aspect of privacy in American life.
Rachel Maddow Discusses Bush-Era War Crimes with Jonathan Turley
Category: News
Show: The Rachel Maddow Show
Firefighters Bring "Reverse Discrimination" Case to Supreme Cour
Category: News
This week, the Supreme Court will decide on a case brought by 20 New Haven firefighters who say they were victims of "reverse discrimination" when their non-white colleagues were given preferential treatment by the city. All of the firefighters in the company were given aptitude tests to determine who should ...
Rachel Maddow Discusses Obama’s Big Legal Mistake on Torture wit
Category: News
Show: The Rachel Maddow Show
Activist Judge Antonin Scalia's War On Bono's Foul-Mouthed Glitt
Category: Entertainment
Air America guest host Courtney Hazlett was joined by culture critic Touré to discuss the recent Supreme Court ruling to uphold the government’s power to ban the use on radio and television of even an single (indecent) four-letter word. Plus, Justice Scalia's on the "foul-mouthed glitterati from Hollywood." Video after ...
Obama Talks About The Ideal Supreme Court Nominee (Video)
Category: News
During the primary, Barack Obama made it very clear what he would be looking for in any possible Supreme Court nominees. Watch the video below to get an idea of who he might choose to replace the retiring Justice David Souter.
Interest Groups Pushing Obama For Gay Supreme Court Justice
Category: News
Gay rights groups are pushing President Obama to put the first openly gay justice on the Supreme Court. Almost immediately after the news that Justice David Souter would be stepping down, the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund was declaring the candidacy of a former dean of Stanford Law School, Kathleen ...
Boy, Mother In Forced Chemo Case Are Missing
Category: News
Daniel Hauser, the 13-year-old Minnesota boy who has refused further chemotherapy treatment for his Hodgkin's lymphoma, has gone missing, along with his mother Colleen. The two failed to show up in court Tuesday, and an arrest warrant has been issued for the mother. If Daniel is found, he is to ...
Conservative Blogger Robots Fear SCOTUS Nominee Sotomayor's Huma
Category: News
President Barack Obama's long-awaited (or, month-awaited, as the case may be) announcement of Judge Sonia Sotomayor as his Supreme Court nominee this morning already has the conservative blogosphere up in arms. She's like the GOP's idea of a perfect storm: a Puerto Rican woman who has found success in the ...
Chug The Nomination: A SCOTUS Talking Points Game
Category: News
Here's a politically-informed procrastination tool for anyone aiming to follow coverage of Obama's SCOTUS nomination, kill a little time and drink a whole lot of coffee: a Sotomayor Talking Points (Coffee) Drinking Game.
