NATO was founded to protect ‘civilized’ people. That means White. Amoz JY Hor - April 10, 2022 Four historical examples show how much race has always mattered in defining ‘Western civilization’
Republican senators used racially coded language to question Ketanji Brown Jackson. There’s history to that. Sharon Wright Austin - March 28, 2022 Compare that to the language senators used to grill Constance Baker Motley in 1966, slowing down her confirmation as the first Black female federal judge.
Why do so few Black women serve in high-level federal posts? Taneisha N. Means - June 23, 2021 My research finds that their confirmations take much longer than average, despite their excellent qualifications.
Joe Biden’s nostalgia for ‘civility’ is nostalgia for the politics of Jim Crow Sam Rosenfeld - June 20, 2019 He may not realize it, but that boozy politesse grew from Southern politicians’ need to work across party lines to keep civil rights at bay.
The Senate confirmed Eric Miller to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals — despite his home state senators’ objections. That’s new. Sarah Binder - February 28, 2019 Here’s what you need to know about the ‘blue slip’ — and how Republicans rejected yet another Senate tradition.
People used to joke about ‘Democrats in disarray.’ They’re not joking now. Henry Farrell - January 30, 2019 The comedian Will Rogers famously joked: “I am not a
The Senate just made it a lot easier for Trump to appoint federal judges, over Democrats’ objections Sarah Binder - November 20, 2017 [caption id="attachment_66461" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E.
Holding hearings for Merrick Garland would actually help Senate Republicans. Here’s how. Barbara Perry - April 19, 2016 [caption id="attachment_36037" align="aligncenter" width="908"] The chair of the late Supreme
The power of Lyndon Johnson is a myth - January 11, 2015 [caption id="attachment_20023" align="aligncenter" width="620"] President Lyndon B. Johnson addresses a