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Supreme Court OK With Violent Video Games; Porn Still Illegal (for Minors)

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. June 28, 2011.

Is it hypocritical of the Supreme Court to allow violent video games to be sold to minors, while continuing to ban depictions of sex?

Beyond the Supreme Court: Other Strategies Needed to Fight Discrimination at Wal-Mart (and Other Corporations)

Rinku Sen, Colorlines.com. June 21, 2011.

The real lesson from the Wal-Mart decision is that Americans can’t rely on courts alone to check all forms of bias, especially the kinds that don’t require explicit direction.

New Opportunities for Real Justice in Calif. Prison Supreme Court Ruling

Emily Harris, AlterNet. June 2, 2011.

The Supreme Court's order that California fix its overcrowded prisons offers opportunities for correcting inequalities. But playing musical chairs with inmates won't work.

Scalia and Thomas Are Nuts

Booman, Booman Tribune. August 18, 2009.

Apparently, it's Constitutional to execute a prisoner known to be innocent.

Scalia's Tortured Logic

Jon Ponder, Pensito Review. May 1, 2008.

Twisting his argument into a legalistic pretzel, Justice Scalia insists that torture is not a form of punishment.

Defending Our Living Constitution

Kirsten D. Levingston, Brennan Center for Justice. March 17, 2008.

Without our "living constitution," some of the most important advances in American racial equality would not have happened.

Justice Scalia Defends Torture, Claims Gov't Should Be Allowed to Smack Suspect's Face

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress. February 12, 2008.

The BBC interviewer, however, objected to Scalia's use of the so-called "ticking time bomb" scenario to justify government torture.

Justice Scalia's Not-So-Secret Crush on Jack Bauer

Guest Blogger, June 20, 2007.

Shelley Lewis: Scalia continues the far Right's love affair with the fictional hero of 24.

Supreme Court Upholds Late Abortion Ban: Right-Wing Judicial Activism Run Amok

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. April 18, 2007.

Bush’s court-packing pays off, and Democrats who voted for Scalia and Roberts get their comeuppance.

Even Justice Scalia Thinks Rick Perry is Nuts

Ian Millhiser, December 31, 1969.


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