A Lesson From Ginsburg, Mandela and Scalia
Dan Schnur
September 22, 2020
The stakes involved in selecting her successor are colossal.
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What Ruth Bader Ginsburg Taught Us About Friendship and Unity
David Suissa
September 21, 2020
As we honor the extraordinary legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as we recall her trailblazing accomplishments, as we sit shivah for a Jewish and American hero, let us not forget the part of her legacy that speaks directly to our divisive times.
Merrick Garland’s Jewish family: Matzah, prayer shawls and Democratic Party politics
Jared Sichel
March 16, 2016
Judge Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama’s nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the sudden death last month of Justice Antonin Scalia, is a renowned jurist on the U.S. Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C., Circuit, a Harvard Law graduate and a Jew.
Cartoon: Scalia’s final action
Steve Greenberg
February 17, 2016
A political cartoon by Steve Greenberg
Obama urges Senate to act on court nominee despite Washington’s rancor
Jewish Journal
February 16, 2016
President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to pick an indisputably qualified nominee to the Supreme Court and urged the Republican-led U.S. Senate to move forward on the nomination despite the rancor of Washington politics.
Jewish leaders remember the unforgettable Justice Antonin Scalia
Jewish Journal
February 16, 2016
Justice Antonin Scalia was a larger-than-life presence on the Supreme Court, where he championed a conservative judicial approach for three decades. He was found dead on Saturday at a resort in West Texas at the age of 79.
Scalia’s death boosts legal chances for Obama’s climate plan
Jewish Journal
February 16, 2016
A vote to block the Obama administration\’s ambitious climate regulation was one of Antonin Scalia\’s last acts as a Supreme Court justice. His sudden death may have opened a new path to the rule\’s survival.
The Supreme Court’s Jewish gentile: My memories of Justice Scalia
Jewish Journal
February 16, 2016
“When there was no Jewish justice on the Supreme Court,” Antonin “Nino” Scalia told me, “I considered myself the Jewish justice.”\n
Here’s a look at Justice Scalia’s Jew-ish moments
Jewish Journal
February 15, 2016
It’s a matter of dispute as to whether Antonin Scalia, who died Saturday, was the Supreme Court’s most conservative jurist. Some think Clarence Thomas deserves the title, while others say Samuel Alito may soon claim it.
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