Below The Beltway

Today, the Supreme Court handed down a decision upholding an Indiana law that requires voters to show a Photo ID at polling places:
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court upheld Indiana’s voter-identification law on Monday, declaring that a requirement to produce photo identification is not unconstitutional and that the state has a “valid interest” in improving election [...]

Last night’s 60 Minutes interview with Associate Justice Antonin Scalia was, as I expected it would be, quite fascinating on all accounts. Scalia touched on issues ranging from judicial philosophy, to abortion, the First Amendment, and Bush v. Gore.
You can read the full transcript here, or just watch the video:
Part I:

Part II:

On Sunday night, Antonin Scalia will be interviewed on 60 Minutes, which is unusual enough for a Supreme Court Justice, even more so considering that he comments on one of the most controversial Supreme Court decisions of the past ten years:
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia denies that partisan politics played a role in the [...]

The Wall Street Journal has an interesting profile this weekend of Associate Justice Clarence Thomas:
Upon entering his spacious office overlooking the Capitol Dome in Washington, D.C., the first thing to catch your eye is his Nebraska Cornhuskers screen saver. Mr. Thomas never attended the University of Nebraska, or even lived in the state. He’s just [...]

Back in October, I reviewed Justice Clarence Thomas’s autobiography, My Grandfather’s Son and said the following:
Clarence Thomas’s story is one that should be an inspiration to all Americans regardless of race, religion, or gender. Here is a man, a black man, who was born in the poorest part of Georgia in an era when Jim [...]

As expected, the Supreme Court announced today that it would hear the appeal of the District of Columbia in the twin cases that resulted in the District’s ban on handguns being declared unconstitutional earlier this year:
The Supreme Court announced today that it will decide whether the District of Columbia’s ban on handguns violates the Constitution, [...]

I don’t generally read autobiographies of contemporary figures, but after watching his interview on 60 Minutes last month, I was compelled to read Justice Clarence Thomas’ autobiography, My Grandfather’s Son.
And I’m glad that I did, because it’s one of the best books I’ve read in quite awhile.
Clarence Thomas’s story is one that should be an [...]

Last night, 60 Minutes ran a long, surprisingly positive, interview piece on Justice Clarence Thomas.
You can watch the full interview in two parts here and here.
Go watch, and then tell me if the left-wing stereotypes of Justice Thomas are even remotely close.

When the head of the third branch of government is hospitalized, it’s always a big story:
WASHINGTON, July 30 � Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. was hospitalized on today after suffering a seizure at his summer home in Maine, the Supreme Court announced.
The episode, described as a �benign idiopathic seizure,� was similar to one he [...]