"So it's under oath. Big deal." That's not exactly the sort of statement you'd expect from a sitting Supreme Court justice, but here we are.
If Wednesday morning's oral arguments are any indication, the Supreme Court stands poised to require that a law written to protect the rights of black voters in the South be overhauled — even while the rest of the United States is riddled with uneven, unclear voting rules.
Forget Michelle Obama's fashion. Mid-inauguration, everyone from Twitter to Washington is trying to figure out the deal with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's hat.
Michael Bloomberg on the fiscal cliff, Ezra Klein on conservative fiscal policies, Amy Davidson on Antonin Scalia, Michael Mazza on North Korea, and Xu Zhiyong on Tibet.
Dick Cheney said John McCain's choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate in the 2008 election was a mistake in an interview that aired on ABC; Mitt Romney danced around supporting an Israeli attack on Iran after one of his aides said he would be okay with it.
Today in books and publishing: Antonin Scalia, DFW fanboy; Neil Gaiman as a 7-year-old Scientologist; this Paterno biography sure is ill-timed; forget Hollywood, e-books are where it's at.
Antonin Scalia says he's BFF with Ruth Bader Ginsburg, he didn't have a falling out with John Roberts, he doesn't think Roe vs. Wade makes sense and how he thinks SuperPACs bring more free speech on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight.
After a day of staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorite tweets that made no sense
To some longtime observers of the Supreme Court, the surprising part of yesterday's oral argument wasn't that Justice Anthony Kennedy critically questioned the individual mandate; it was the harshly skeptical tone from Justice Antonin Scalia.
Hunting season has begun for journalists and advocacy groups looking to tar the Supreme Court justices with conflict of interest issues involving their future ruling on President Obama's health care bill.
Lawmakers fear hackers--and gaffes, and just looking silly
Also in today's Smart Set: A Johnson & Johnson heiress shows no hard feelings
Reading the Supreme Court's most controversial justice doesn't get easier with time
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