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Ten picks for Obama's Supreme Court

With as many as three justices expected to retire, Obama may have the opportunity to reshape the conservative-leaning court. By Justin Jouvenal Salon composite From left: Sonia Sotomayor, Deval Patrick, Cass Sunstein and...

Justice Stevens, 88, not ready to retire

People who read this also read ... , at 88, isn't showing any signs he's considering retiring from the bench, observers say. Stevens, who leads the high court's aging liberal wing, remains vigorous, still plays tennis, swims in...

Court Rules on US Navy’s Marine Mammal Mitigation Measures

Merry Xmas, K-Dog! In Western countries, concerns have been expressed that these sonars may disorient or scare marine mammals, leading to decompression sickness or disruption of their biological sonar navigation systems. In...

Write to the Supreme Court With Your Concerns

Whether or not you agree with Phil Berg’s lawsuit regarding Obama’s citizenship, you can let your voice be heard by snail mailing letters to the Supreme Court: We have received a lot of emails from American citizens asking what...

Suggestions to Inform Your Class Day Speaker Nominations

We just posted about nominating your favorite political figures, writers, scientists and members of Vampire Weekend for this year's Columbia College Class Day speaker. If you're unsure of whom to pick, Bwog's put together a...

A bipartisan Washington begins with Obama's judicial appointments

Partisan divisions have gotten the US nowhere. Democrats accused President Bush of tapping ideologically conservative nominees who were not consensus picks and refusing to consult senators from the states where vacancies arose...

Opinion: A bipartisan Washington begins with Obama's judicial appointments (The Christian Science...

The Christian Science Monitor - President-elect Barack Obama vowed in his campaign to reduce the toxic partisanship that has poisoned the federal government. One critical way to make good on this promise and provide an antidote...

EDITORIAL: FCC: Bite your policy: Enforcement of expletives needs consistency

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Nov. 16--For three decades the Federal Communications Commission has maintained a uniform policy regarding the use of isolated expletives on television. The broader question is whether the FCC's new...

The Case of the Seven Aphorisms

Sunday, November 16, 2008; Page B05 Let's stipulate: Summum is weird. All of which merely illuminates the First Aphorism of Religion Cases: Only the religious convictions of other people are weird. Since 1971, the town's...

Obama’s legacy at Harvard

Obama’s win has made having “brains” sexy again, shares another Harvard graduate. Americans have picked someone who is a clear intellectual, rejecting the perception that politicians who were too intellectual were out of touch...

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