Although the Supreme Court dealt a blow to women who say they’ve been systematically discriminated against by Wal-Mart, the women’s claims still have a good chance in court, says legal analyst Jami Floyd.
Jami Floyd: Before we utter another breathless word about the Strauss-Kahn case, let’s not forget that the U.S. is the world leader in affording defendants the right to a fair trial.
Descended from both slaves and slaveholders, Jami Floyd reflects on her family’s history in the 150 years since the Civil War began and asks: Why is it still so hard to talk about race?
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas hasn’t asked a question from the bench in five years. But it’s not the silence of his voice we should focus on, writes Jami Floyd, but the silence of his pen.
Don’t toss out the insanity defense yet in the case against Jared Loughner, writes legal analyst Jami Floyd. His lawyer has a history of using it well.
Jami Floyd wonders whether Jon Stewart’s rally in Washington D.C. will really make a difference.
Old court, new court. A new session of the Supreme Court opened yesterday with a new justice. But some things haven’t changed.
What difference does it make if a justice is male or female, black or white, or gay or straight, for that matter?
Here is what you absolutely do not “Need to Know” about Elena Kagan: whether or not she is gay. Yet everyone, it seems, is talking about just that in the run-up to next month’s confirmation hearings.
