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Friday, February 10th, 2012

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That Harold Koh, Such a ‘Transnationalist’ That He Defends The Legality of Drone Strikes

By | 03.26.10 | 12:11 pm

On March 16, Shane Harris reported that Harold Koh, the State Department’s legal adviser, asserted that the Obama administration’s drone strikes on al-Qaeda and affiliated targets are legal, and would at some point make a more fulsome public case for why that is. Last night, reports Mark More…

BREAKING: Sotomayor Might Have Supported President Who Supports Her

By | 06.05.09 | 9:12 am

Ed Whelan digs up an April 17 speech by Sonia Sotomayor in which she praises the election of President Obama and says “our challenge as lawyers and court related professionals and staff, as citizens of the world is to keep the spirit of the common joy we shared on More…

Race, Republicans and the Supreme Court

By | 05.18.09 | 9:05 am

When I last wrote about conservative attacks on potential Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, I noted that the one case she’s really been pilloried for is her position as one of three judges who affirmed the dismissal of a reverse discrimination case. White male firefighters in New Haven insisted More…