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.
The court reporter's filing on yesterday's historic Supreme Court session is in, committing to public record the moment Thomas ended his seven years of silence... with a joke about Yale. Here's what he reportedly said—all four words of it.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas went nearly seven years without making a peep during oral arguments, but today he just had to get in a jab at Yalies.
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.
Perhaps Herman Cain has noticed reporters have started using terms like "snowballing" and "modified limited hangout," a Richard Nixon reference, to refer to allegations of sexual harassment against him, because he's shifted from hoping the story will go away to blaming it on his rivals.
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