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MSNBC Pans Alito For Having 'Erased' And 'Vaporized' O'Connor's Legacy
December 1st, 2023 1:31 PM
Slate senior editor and legal correspondent Dahlia Lithwick joined Friday’s edition of Jose Diaz-Balart on MSNBC to discuss the death of former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and her legal legacy. Lithwick lamented that O’Connor being replaced by Samuel Alito has led to that legacy being “erased” and “vaporized” as the Court moves “very dramatically to the right.”
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'They Worked Together,' CNN Relitigates and Denies the 2000 Election
May 3rd, 2023 12:00 PM
On Tuesday, some private letters belonging to former liberal Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens were released to the public. Some of the letters were related to Bush v. Gore, which gave the cast of CNN This Morning the chance on Wednesday to relitigate the case because, apparently, election denialism is okay when liberals do it. Additionally, it would be argued that…
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CNN Looks Forward to Possibility of Jackson Changing Minds on Abortion
March 23rd, 2022 12:11 PM
Poppy Harlow welcomed New York magazine senior correspondent and Notorious RBG co-author Irin Carmon to the Wednesday edition of CNN Newsroom to discuss their hopes that Ketanji Brown Jackson will eventually be able to change the minds of her eventual Supreme Court colleagues on issues of gender discrimination, mainly abortion.
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CNN: GOP Is 'Willing to Villainize' Idea Of A Black Woman Justice
February 2nd, 2022 9:50 AM
On Tuesday's At This Hour, CNN senior political correspondent Abby Phillip told host Kate Bolduan on Tuesday that the reason some Republicans "are willing to villainize" the idea of a black woman Supreme Court justice is because that is what fires up the party's base.
A More or Less Perfect Union
February 12th, 2020 5:07 PM
“A More or Less Perfect Union” is a three-part series, produced by Free to Choose Network, that will air on various PBS stations across the nation starting in February. The documentary is a personal exploration of the U.S. Constitution by Justice Douglas Ginsburg, who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals D.C. Circuit and is now a senior justice on the court.
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Evan Thomas Hails ‘Conservative’ O’Connor for Saving Abortion
March 19th, 2019 12:52 PM
Appearing on CBS This Morning on Monday to tout his new book on Sandra Day O’Connor, author Evan Thomas hailed the former Supreme Court justice as a “conservative Republican” because she voted in favor of abortion and affirmative action. Talking to co-host Norah O’Donnell, the former Newsweek editor hyped, “She preserved affirmative action and abortion for 25 years. That is no small thing. You…
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Evan Thomas Hails Sandra Day O'Connor: 'She Kept Abortion Alive'
March 18th, 2019 11:14 AM
Evan Thomas was on MSNBC's Morning Joe on Monday to talk about his latest book, First: Sandra Day O'Connor: An Intimate Portrait of the First Woman Supreme Court Justice. In particular, the former Newsweek editor was enthralled with O'Connor's liberal views on affirmative action and abortion.
Maddow to Sandra Day O'Connor: How Did it Feel to Elect George W. Bush
March 5th, 2013 7:40 PM
Hundred years hence, liberals will still be whining about Bush v. Gore.
In a television appearance as inexplicable as first lady Michelle Obama announcing the Oscar for best picture, former Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor was among Rachel Maddow's guests last night, plugging her new book, "Out of Order: Stories from the History of the Supreme Court." (video clip after page break)
No Social Conservatives on CBS's List of 'Eye-Opening Women
March 4th, 2013 3:41 PM
On Monday, CBS This Morning launched a week-long set of interviews for Women's History Month, but the majority of the women they picked for their list of "Eye Opening Women" are dedicated liberals, particularly on social issues. The morning newscast first conducted a fawning interview of former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who was part of the Supreme Court plurality that upheld the Roe v. Wade…
Lies My Textbooks Told Me: Judging Current Supreme Court Justices
May 8th, 2012 11:07 AM
Perhaps it’s unrealistic to expect history textbooks to present and analyze events and epochs with complete objectivity. But it’s entirely reasonable to demand that they don’t actively reinforce the news media’s liberal bias when it comes to recent history and individuals who are still alive and active in shaping that history.
Yet commonly used American history textbooks have eschewed…
George Stephanopoulos Spins Supreme Court Collegiality as Another Reas
May 27th, 2010 12:40 PM
Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos on Thursday touted Supreme Court collegiality from Justice Antonin Scalia as a real victory in the battle over Elena Kagan's nomination. Stephanopoulos enthused, "Justice Scalia, who is likely to be a conservative adversary if Kagan gets confirmed, pointed out that everybody on the bench now is a judge." (Kagan is likely to be a conservative adversary…
LAT Exploits Justice O'Connor's Husband's Medical Condition for Politi
November 23rd, 2007 10:20 AM
I have to say, this little L.A.Times editorial really takes the cake for insensitivity. It should receive some sort of award for being one of the most gauche pieces I've seen from the extreme leftists masquerading as "journalists" for a long, long time. Yes, the Times deserves condemnation for exploiting someone's tragedy to make a mere political point. In "Sandra Day O'Connor's loss, and ours,"…
