Politics Jun 19 Live Blog of Supreme Court Decisions Thursday The Supreme Court could make landmark rulings on three major issues this month, weighing affirmative action in higher education, the Voting Rights Act section 5 and California's Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act,…
Politics May 09 Marcia Coyle Takes Readers Behind Scenes of Supreme Court in New Book Chronicling Roberts Era Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal has published, "The Roberts Court," out May 7. "The book presented another chance to dig into a subject and, of course, it was a subject that I love and an institution that I…
Politics Mar 27 In Second Day on Gay Marriage, Supreme Court Takes Up DOMA Kris and Lyssa White, a married couple from Manassas, Va., kiss Tuesday in front of the Supreme Court protesting for marriage equality. Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images. For a second day, the topic's the same. The…
Politics Mar 26 Supreme Court Takes Up Gay Marriage for First Time Justin Kenny of Akron, Ohio, holds a flag Tuesday morning in front of the Supreme Court building. Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. Tuesday's arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court involving California's ban on same-sex marriage, known as Proposition 8, boil…
Politics Feb 20 Sotomayor: ‘Every Day We Live Our Life, We Make a Choice’ Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor tells the story of her childhood growing up with a difficult mother, an alcoholic father and a deeply loving grandmother. Her new memoir, "My Beloved World," gives an exceptionally personal portrait of the justice from…
Politics Dec 07 Milestones Mark Fight for Same-Sex Marriage on Way to Supreme Court A gay pride and an American flag hang from a shoulder bag during a demonstration in San Francisco June 13, 2011. On Friday, the Supreme Court announced it will review the constitutionality of both the federal Defense of Marriage Act…
Politics Nov 19 Governors and Turkeys: A Thanksgiving Tradition View a slide show of governors and their Thanksgiving traditions.
Politics Sep 18 Bob Woodward Calls Romney’s Comments Unpresidential // Journalist Bob Woodward had harsh words for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney Tuesday, suggesting Romney went out of bounds with his comments made at a private fundraiser. Woodward -- of Watergate Pulitzer Prize fame, a 41-year tenure at the…
Politics Sep 06 Inside – and Outside – the Hatcam People would spot the hat, point or wave, call us over and maybe snap a photo. They wanted to know what the heck that thing was.
Politics Sep 04 Hatcam Goes to the Conventions Hatcam has allowed us to capture the convention from one more perspective -- at eye level with delegates, media members and politicians.