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Ann Coulter: Supreme Court to Face Mecca
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Supreme Court to Face Mecca
by Ann Coulter
Americans can thank the Supreme Court for the attempted car bombing of Times Square, as well as any future terrorist attacks that might be less “amateurish” and which our commander in chief will be unable to thwart unless the bomb fizzles.
Over blistering dissents by Justices Antonin [...]
Dr. Thomas Sowell: A Tangled Web II
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A Tangled Web: Part II
by Thomas Sowell
Much of the backlog of cases in our over-burdened courts has been created by the courts themselves, with adventurous judicial “interpretations” of laws that leave a large gray area of uncertainty around even the most plainly written legislation. Lawyers of course fish in these troubled [...]
Dr. Thomas Sowell: A Tangled Web
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A Tangled Web
by Dr. Thomas Sowell
While the recent Supreme Court decision in the New Haven firefighters’ case will be welcome news to those who don’t think that a gross injustice is O.K. when those on the receiving end are white, the reasoning behind the 5 to 4 decision is a painful [...]
Ann Coulter: So Much for Wise Latinas
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So Much for Wise Latinas
by Ann Coulter
With the Supreme Court’s decision in Ricci v. DeStefano this week, we can now report that Sonia Sotomayor is even crazier than Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
To recap the famous Ricci case, in 2003, the city of New Haven threw out the results of a firefighters’ test [...]
Thomas Sowell: Equality on Trial
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Equality on Trial
by Thomas Sowell
For the fourth time in six cases, the Supreme Court of the United States has reversed a decision for which Judge Sonia Sotomayor voted on the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals. If this nominee were a white male, would this not raise questions about whether he should [...]
Brian Garst: Sotomayor and the Ugliness of Identity Politics
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Sotomayor and the Ugliness of Identity Politics
By Brian Garst
The calculated nomination of judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court is the latest example of the rejection of the idea of a color-blind society. Martin Luther King dared to dream of a future when his four children could [...]
Linda Chavez: Judge Sotomayor and the Diversity Crowd
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Judge Sotomayor and the Diversity Crowd
by Linda Chavez
The diversity crowd doesn’t really believe in diversity. In fact, what they’re really aiming for is conformity of opinion. They expect that members of racial and ethnic groups will adhere to liberal orthodoxy, and woe to those who don’t fall into line. If Judge [...]
Thomas Sowell: ‘Out of Context’ Part 3
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“Out of Context”: Part III
by Thomas Sowell
As part of the biographical preoccupation with Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s past, the New York Times of May 31st had a feature story on the various New York housing projects in which she and other well-known people grew up– including Whoopi Goldberg, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Thelonious Monk [...]
Thomas Sowell: ‘Out of Context’ Part 2
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“Out of Context”: Part II
by Thomas Sowell
As the mainstream media circles the wagons around Judge Sonia Sotomayor, to protect her from the consequences of her own words and deeds, its main arguments are distractions from the issue at hand. A CNN reporter, for example, got all worked up because Rush [...]
Thomas Sowell: ‘Out of Context’
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‘Out of Context’
By Thomas Sowell
In Washington, the clearer a statement is, the more certain it is to be followed by a “clarification” when people realize what was said. The clearly racist comments made by Judge Sonia Sotomayor on the Berkeley campus in 2001 have forced the spinmasters to [...]