Tag: Sonia Sotomayor

  • Nation & World

    Clarence Thomas isn’t kidding

    Legal scholar Mary Ziegler sees “selective” history in SCOTUS ruling overturning Roe v. Wade and signs that other landmark protections are in jeopardy.

    6 minutes
    Protesters at the State House in Boston.
  • Nation & World

    The chosen one: Amy Coney Barrett

    In her new book Linda Greenhouse traces forces that made near certain rise of newest — and undeniably consequential — Supreme Court justice.

    13 minutes
    President Donald Trump and Amy Coney Barrett.
  • Nation & World

    Sotomayor: Judges should pull together

    Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor comes to Harvard Law School to talk to students, suggests that judges cooperate more.

    5 minutes
    Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor
  • Nation & World

    At Du Bois awards, the stars aligned

    The six medalists at the W.E.B. Du Bois awards included a White House adviser Valerie Jarrett, playwright Tony Kushner, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor, the commissioner of the NBA David Stern, and Hollywood director Steven Spielberg.

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Six luminaries to receive Du Bois Medal

    Harvard University announced Sept. 18 that it will award the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal to six leaders across government, the arts, and athletics during a ceremony on Oct. 2. The ceremony will also mark the launch of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Ginsburg holds court

    Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sat down with Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow to reflect on her 20-year tenure on the Supreme Court.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Moot points, well made

    The Harvard Law School teams in the showdown round of the Ames Moot Court Competition tried to persuade a panel headed by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to change the law of the land.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The Wal-Mart way

    Joseph Sellers, a lead attorney in the class action suit against Wal-Mart Stores, discussed the background of the workplace discrimination case and his experience arguing it before the Supreme Court.

    4 minutes