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January 14, 2013

Justice Clarence Thomas speaks for 1st time in 7 years during aural arguments

WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Clarence Thomas did something at a Supreme Court argument Monday for the first time in nearly…
December 20, 2012

Robert Bork dead at 85: May his brand of judicial ideology rest in peace

OPINION - Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas had much in common in terms of judicial ideology...
December 19, 2012

Robert Bork, whose failed Supreme Court nomination made history, dies

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Robert H. Bork, who stepped in to fire the Watergate prosecutor at Richard Nixon's behest and…
December 11, 2012

Justice Scalia makes incendiary remarks on LGBT rights at Princeton

PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Monday found himself defending his legal writings that some…
December 4, 2012

Anita Hill documentary to premiere at Sundance

theGRIO REPORT - ANITA, a documentary about attorney Anita Hill’s infamous sexual harassment accusations against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas,…
November 9, 2012

Supreme Court to take new look at voting rights law

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court says it will consider eliminating the government's chief weapon against racial discrimination at polling…
November 7, 2012

What can black America expect from a new Obama term?

OPINION - Chances are that it won’t be much different than the first term, but that doesn’t mean that a…
October 30, 2012

No Supreme Court action to curb the Voting Rights Act — yet

WASHINGTON (AP) - Three years ago, the Supreme Court warned there could be constitutional problems with a landmark civil rights…
October 16, 2012

Supreme Court won't block early voting in Ohio

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is siding with Democrats in refusing to block early voting in the battleground state…
October 15, 2012

Flashback: Clarence Thomas confirmed to Supreme Court today

theGRIO REPORT - On this day 1991, one of the most controversial and contentious Supreme Court confirmation battles came to…
October 10, 2012

Supreme Court casts serious doubt over future of affirmative action

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Supreme Court justices sharply questioned the University of Texas' use of race in college admissions Wednesday…
October 10, 2012

A future doctor's thoughts on Affirmative Action

OPINION - Today, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear arguments in a case that challenges the legal…
October 9, 2012

Affirmative action's other big challenge: Lukewarm liberal support

ANALYSIS - Many Democrats oppose the practice, and some of the key liberal voices in the country are lukewarm about…
October 9, 2012

Supreme Court to hear affirmative action case

WASHINGTON (AP) - Nine years after the Supreme Court said colleges and universities can use race in their quest for…
October 9, 2012

Ohio appeals to Supreme Court on early voting

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio's election chief has appealed a ruling by a federal court that reinstates the final three…
October 5, 2012

Justice Scalia says abortion, 'homosexual sodomy' are easy cases

WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Antonin Scalia says his method of interpreting the Constitution makes some of the most hotly disputed…
October 3, 2012

Study: Race-neutral college admissions can work

(AP) - As the Supreme Court revisits the use of race in college admissions next week, critics of affirmative action…
October 1, 2012

Supreme Court to consider affirmative action, voting rights in new term

NBC NEWS - The U.S. Supreme Court term that begins Monday promises to be one of the most important for…
September 26, 2012

How the Democrats are winning the voter ID law battle

theGRIO REPORT - When Republican-led state legislatures and governors passed controversial voting bills throughout 2011 and earlier this year, the…
September 21, 2012

Justice Clarence Thomas criticizes law school rankings

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is not a fan of law school rankings...