Category: Courts & Cases

The Post reports on the politics of naming Justice Stevens’s replacement here. Nan Aron of the liberal Alliance for Justice said Obama should pay no heed to Senate Republicans who warn him against a nominee as liberal as Stevens. “Republicans will oppose any nominee sent up by the president,” she said. “This is already a […]

The Times discusses Justice Stevens’s announcement that he’s retiring and notes two freedom of speech cases for his “notable opinions,” Citizens United and Texas v. Johnson.

The Post notes another guilty plea in an Abramoff-related case here (scroll down). A former official with the Labor Department has pleaded guilty in a corrupt lobbyist case. Horace Cooper, also a one-time aide to former Rep. Dick Armey (R) when he was majority leader of the House, pleaded guilty to falsifying a document when […]