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-29 posts tagged "Supreme Court"
Hanna Kennedy | Thursday, January 17, 2019
Following closely behind the release of the documentary “RBG” in May, “On the Basis of Sex” is the latest installment filmmakers have provided to satisfy society’s unusual enthusiasm for the 5-foot-1 Supreme Court justice. The two-hour film’s opening image is a flood of Harvard men marching through the streets of Cambridge when among them appears
Jeffrey Murphy | Thursday, November 15, 2018
“A system of government that makes the People subordinate to a committee of nine unelected lawyers does not deserve to be called a democracy.” – the late-Justice Scalia, in dissent June 26, 2015 should have been one of the greatest days in American history (right behind November 8, 2016). For literally thousands of years, same-sex
Letter to the Editor | Wednesday, November 7, 2018
“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. As the student who re-started the porn filtering conversation in the fall of 2016, I write in response to the author of the wittily-titled op-ed on the subject, “Give me Pornhub or give me death,” to
Serena Zacharias | Monday, October 8, 2018
Before the United States Senate voted Saturday to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, student activists gathered at Geddes Hall on Friday to call swing-state senators and convince them to vote “no” to Kavanaugh’s nomination. Junior Emilia McManus said the #cancelKavanaugh event was initiated by a group of students with no formal affiliations
Jackie O'Brien | Wednesday, September 26, 2018
It seems as though we all just teleported back to 1991. An accusation treated with no sense of severity and respect, but with a sheer partisan will. A testimony destined to be undercut and a sexual abuser seemingly destined to be confirmed. Many would think that we would learn from our mistakes. Perhaps, we would
Jeffrey Murphy | Friday, September 7, 2018
This past June, the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision in the infamous Masterpiece Cakeshop case. For those who are not familiar with the case, it involves a Christian baker in Colorado who refused to provide a wedding cake to a same-sex couple. The Colorado Civil Rights Commission imposed a series of penalties
Eddie Damstra | Thursday, December 7, 2017
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in the controversial case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. The case will determine whether a bakery owner has the right to refuse to provide a wedding cake to a gay couple. This case will result in one of the most important Supreme Court decisions in
Gary Caruso | Friday, September 22, 2017
Had Notre Dame law professor Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing to serve as a circuit judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the seventh circuit been scheduled in the late 1590s, William Shakespeare may have based an entire gossip and rumor-filled chapter on judicial political posturing in his comedy, “Much Ado About Nothing.” But
Raymond Ramirez | Monday, September 19, 2016
This year marks the 40th anniversary of one of the most critical Supreme Court decisions on race and discrimination, and yet few people are likely to have heard of it. Washington v. Davis (426 U.S. 229 (1976)) involved the constitutionality of Test 21, originally created by the federal government and used by various entities, including municipal
Katie Galioto | Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Junior Janet Stengle walked down the aisle in Purcell Pavilion to a microphone in the middle of the floor. More than 7,000 people watched as she looked U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the eye and asked a question. “Does a Supreme Court justice have a role as a public figure, and if so,