Jessica Mason Pieklo writes for RH Reality Check: “On Thursday the Senate Judiciary Committee approved Patricia Millett’s nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, despite ongoing Republican attempts to block any confirmations to the…
Dahlia Lithwick writes for Slate: “Cornelia ‘Nina’ Pillard is President Obama’s pick for one of three vacant seats on the federal appeals court for the District of Columbia Circuit. She is a well-respected professor at Georgetown Law School; co-director…
Ian Millhiser writes for Think Progress: “Two years ago, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg warned that her historic work for the ACLU to achieve constitutional equality for women ‘would probably disqualify me’ from confirmation if she were nominated to the ben…
Wagatwe Wanjuki writes for RH Reality Check: “When it was announced earlier this month that the Supreme Court had ruled, in Maryland v. King, that police officers can collect DNA samples from people who have been arrested for (but not convicted of) a ser…
Brentin Mock writes at Colorlines: “Helen Guthrie, 69, leaned against a tree in downtown Raleigh earlier this month, holding a sign that read ‘Respect Our Vote! Save Early Voting, Good for Democracy.’ She smiled as throngs of ralliers of multiple generat…