Sotomayor's Take on Guns
Ah, gun control. What lengthy political discussion would be complete without deciding whether farmers in Minnesota have the right to buy an Uzi? Hear what Sotomayor thinks.
Feinstein: Activist? What Activist?
So we're back the "a" word, which in the past few news cycles has been "activist," as in actively creating law rather than neutrally applying it. Feinstein says Sotomayor may be many things, but "a...
Feinstein: Activist? What Activist?
So we're back the "a" word, which in the past few news cycles has been "activist," as in actively creating law rather than neutrally applying it. Feinstein says Sotomayor may be many things, but "a...
Sotomayor on 'Wise Latina' Remark
During her confirmation hearing, Sen. Patrick Leahy allowed Sonia Sotomayor to address the flak she's faced regarding the famous "wise Latina" comment.
7 Best Moments From Sunday Talk
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Lindsey Graham judges Sotomayor's race comments, Pat Buchanan awaits Kim Jong Il's death, and Mitt Romney has solutions for GM. Watch the best moments from Sunday's talk shows.
Sotomayor: The Movie
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Sonia Sotomayor's life story is ready-made for Hollywood. Who will play her and the other Supremes? VIEW OUR GALLERY of the dream cast.
Only in America
Irasema Garza is president of Legal Momentum, formerly NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, the nation’s oldest legal defense and education fund dedicated to advancing the rights of all women and girls.
Sonia Sotomayor's nomination is an immense moment of pride for the Latino community-and a story that would not have been possible in any other country, Irasema Garza writes.
Empathy Trumps Excellence
John Yoo has been a professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law since 1993. He is the author of War by Other Means: An Insider's Account of the War on Terror (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006) and The Powers of War and Peace: The Constitution and Foreign Affairs after 9/11 (University of Chicago Press, 2005).
John Yoo-Berkeley Law professor, one-time clerk for Clarence Thomas, former deputy assistant attorney general, American Enterprise Institute visiting scholar, and author of War by Other Means: An Insider's Account of the War on Terror-argues that sterling credentials do not necessarily make an excellent justice.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Peter Beinart, senior political writer for The Daily Beast, is a professor of journalism and political science at City University of New York and a senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
Gerald Posner is The Daily Beast's Chief Investigative Reporter. He's the award-winning author of 10 investigative nonfiction bestsellers, ranging from political assassinations, to Nazi war criminals, to 9/11, to terrorism. His latest book, Miami Babylon: Crime, Wealth and Power—A Dispatch from the Beach, was published in October. He lives in Miami Beach with his wife, the author Trisha Posner.
Martin Jacques is the cofounder of the UK think tank Demos, writes a regular column for The Guardian, and is a visiting research fellow at the London School of Economics Asia Research Centre. His new book, When China Rules the World, is available now.
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