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Supreme Court Won't Spare Beltway Sniper

Execution set for tomorrow as request for more time fails

Nov 9, 09 3:47 PM CST
INTERVIEW

Justice Stevens Hints He'll Retire This Term

Liberal stalwart, at age 89, admits, 'I'm not exactly a kid'

Oct 19, 09 6:01 AM CDT

 Sotomayor: 
 White House 
 Picked My 
 Clothes 

Justice describes grueling nomination process at Yale

Oct 19, 09 1:43 AM CDT

 Obama Blasted for Letting 
 GOP Hold Up Judges 

Nominees locked in committee as vacancies build up

Oct 16, 09 6:21 AM CDT

'Svengali Sex Slave' Case Heads for Supreme Court

Web porn trafficker claims mutilation of woman was consensual

Oct 14, 09 4:34 AM CDT

Roberts Court Disappoints O'Connor

Moderate justice sees legacy 'dismantled'
by conservative turn

Oct 5, 09 2:12 PM CDT

 How Will 
 the New Kid 
 Affect Court? 



Spunky Sotomayor begins new term on staid Supreme Court

Oct 4, 09 9:56 AM CDT
Interview

 Sotomayor 
 Reminisces About 
 Life-Changing Call 

Says she burst into tears when Obama gave her the news

Sep 25, 09 12:39 PM CDT
OPINION

 With Race in Play, 
 Obama's White 
 Support Softens 

Poll numbers plummeted amid Sotomayor, Gates controversies

Sep 14, 09 12:15 PM CDT
ANALYSIS

McConnell Keeps Low Profile
in Health Debate

Conservative critics think Minority Leader should be fighting administration harder

Sep 8, 09 10:00 PM CDT

 Sotomayor's First Case
 Could Transform US Politics

New justice in at the deep end with landmark campaign finance case

Sep 8, 09 7:09 AM CDT

Justices Prepare for Newest 'Family Member'

In rare interviews, they discuss dynamics of Supreme Court shifts

Sep 4, 09 7:32 AM CDT
ANALYSIS

Stevens' Exit Would Break Court Tradition

Tradition sees justices sticking with party that appointed them

Sep 3, 09 2:11 PM CDT
glossies

 World's Most Powerful Women 


Aug 19, 09 9:54 PM CDT

J.Lo Cooks Up Dinner Party for Sotomayor

Lopez, Marc Anthony host new Supreme Court Justice at their LI home

Aug 18, 09 4:38 PM CDT

Obama: Sotomayor's Rise an 'Inspiration for Generations'

White House holds reception for new justice

Aug 12, 09 10:40 AM CDT

 Sotomayor Sworn In 


Aug 8, 09 10:13 AM CDT

 Sotomayor Oath to Be Televised 

Republicans feel they have dealt a blow to judicial empathy

Aug 7, 09 5:28 PM CDT

 Senate Confirms Sotomayor 


Aug 6, 09 2:36 PM CDT


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Murdoch and Microsoft: The Mice Are Trying to Roar

3
Nov 24, 09 | 10:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Microsoft is a company that Rupert Murdoch understands. When he talks about the technology business or about the Internet or Google, which, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call Gadget, he invariably reverts to talking about Microsoft, which, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call IBM. What is Microsoft going to do? he asks, oddly echoing—indeed anticipating—Jeff Jarvis’ book, What Would Google Do? Murdoch’s question... More »

Books Are Bad for You

20
Nov 23, 09 | 8:41 AM BY Michael Wolff

A few years ago, writing about the book business and how dumbed down and craven books had become—and pathetic, designed only to sell... More »

The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun

11
Nov 20, 09 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

My 84-year-old mother was full of venomous indignation at dinner last night over the great mammogram take-back. Bureaucrats, in her view,... More »

Sarah Palin Deserves Some More Attention

17
Nov 19, 09 | 10:14 AM BY Michael Wolff

This is a phenomenon that just keeps giving. Its very lack of explanation, and ensuing incredulity and apoplexy, propel it. There... More »

And We Thought We Hated Mammograms

8
Nov 18, 09 | 2:40 PM BY Caroline Miller

No one likes to get a mammogram. Still, it’s hard to find a woman anywhere who was pleased to hear the new ruling that... More »

China and the Obese: The President Meets His Greatest Problems

12
Nov 18, 09 | 8:43 AM BY Michael Wolff

For all sorts of obvious reasons, it seems like a greatly unacceptable and possibly discriminatory thing to say that the obese are a lot... More »

Rupert Murdoch’s Guy Gets It

7
Nov 17, 09 | 6:50 AM BY Michael Wolff

If Arthur Miller were at it again, he’d call the play Death of a PR Guy. Gary Ginsberg, Murdoch’s PR guy who got... More »

Obama's Secret Weapon: The Hug

4
Nov 16, 09 | 12:30 PM BY Lewis Grossberger

President Obama needs to get the hell out of China as fast as he can, rush back to America and start hugging Republicans. This will... More »

The President Wants You to Know He’s Too Dopey to Use Twitter

19
Nov 16, 09 | 8:01 AM BY Michael Wolff

“First of all, let me say that I have never used Twitter. I notice that young people—you know, they’re very busy with... More »

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