This week, in a 6–3 decision authored by Justice Brett [don't judge me on youthful indiscretions] Kavanaugh, the US Supreme Court decided in the case of Jones v. Mississippi that judges need not determine that a juvenile convicted of a crime is incapable of being rehabilitated before sentencing them to life in prison without the possibility of parole. It is a poorly decided opinion that will join the Court's pantheon of boneheaded embarrassments. Moreover, it shows that this

Donald Trump celebrated his opportunity to replace Supreme Court icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a conservative woman justice while speaking at a rally in an airplane hanger in Fayetteville, NC yesterday. It was a raucous crowd that clearly wanted the President to quickly nominate a new justice, breaking into chants of “FILL THAT SEAT,” after Trump mentioned Ginsburg's passing. The President's base seems to understand what is at stake with the appointment of a sixth conservativ

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sex, race, color, religion or national origin. This Fall, the US Supreme Court will decide whether "sex" includes sexual orientation and/or gender identity. The two cases, scheduled to be argued in October, are important to the LGBT community and Donald Trump's evangelical supporters who believe that their ability to discriminate is an essential element of their "religious liberty,"

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is battling cancer again. She is 86 and it's her fourth bout with the disease. She has suffered from both pancreatic and lung cancer during her tenure on the Supreme Court. Her doctors were upbeat, however, about her prognosis after her most recent treatments saying there is no evidence the disease has spread elsewhere. The Guardian: "As the court’s oldest member, Ginsburg has been asked questions for years about her health and how l

Democratic activists will pressure their Senators to oppose Kavanaugh and most will, but Republicans only need 50 votes to confirm and they will get those unless the nominee has some, as yet unknown, skeletons in his closet. There is some hope that because Kavanaugh has been in government for so long that his long paper trail could slow the confirmation process until after the mid-terms, but that is a long shot. It would take an Anita Hill moment to derail the confirmation. A

As Americans head off to their summer vacations this week, the Trump Administration has some important decisions to make and their choices will have profound consequences. Their Supreme Court nomination will get the most press, but the other issues are equally important. The Supreme Court: Each of the leaked finalists for Trump's nomination to our highest court will move the Supreme Court to the right on guns, abortion, gay rights, affirmative action, voting rights and a host