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Opinion: Judicial Activism Has a New Face

(July 2) -- If you want to make a progressive tremble, yell "judicial activist" and laugh as they cower under their desk in fear. At least, that's been the pattern for the past two decades of judicial confirmation hearings. So when Elena Kagan took her seat at the beginning of her confirmation hearing, her opponents were...

Opinion: Pick a Nominee Who Unites Americans

(April 26) -- When President Barack Obama chooses his second Supreme Court nominee, the Senate must determine the kind of justice that nominee would be. The debate about judicial nominees, after all, is really a debate about judicial power and the role federal judges are supposed to play in our system of government. One...

Opinion: Pick a Justice Who Unites, Not Divides, America

(April 24) -- As President Barack Obama considers his second Supreme Court nominee, he faces a real dilemma. His far left base wants him to replace retiring liberal Justice John Paul Stevens with another activist judge. That's why we hear so much talk about the current court having a so-called 5-4 conservative majority,...

Justice Hillary Clinton? The Top Cases for and Against

(April 12) -- Even in a town full of heady resumes, Hillary Rodham Clinton's stands out. The secretary of state is, of course, a former presidential candidate, U.S. senator and first lady. Now she may be in the running for yet another impressive seat: U.S. Supreme Court justice. At least if Sen. Orrin Hatch is to be...

Next Supreme Court Choice Looms Large

(April 9) -- We know what Barack Obama will be doing this summer. The president's choice of a successor to Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens could be one of the biggest and most politically resonating stories out of Washington this spring. The confirmation process is likely to dominate headlines until and possibly...