TODAY IN HISTORY, ANITA HILL MADE HER ACCUSATION
October 7, 2016
TODAY IN HISTORY
|On this day in 1991, law professor ANITA HILL publicly accused Supreme Court nominee CLARENCE THOMAS of sexually harassing her in the workplace.
DEDICATION DAY
|In Virginia yesterday, six Supreme Court justices attended the dedication of the Antonin Scalia Law School, or as JUSTICE ELENA KAGAN called it, “The Nino Scalia Law School.” She also said he would go down in history as one of the most important justices ever.
NOT TOO HOT, NOT TOO COLD
|Peter Henning in The New York Times explains the Supreme Court is playing Goldilocks with their most recent insider trading case Salman v. United States.
IRREPARABLE HARM
|For Slate, Brandon L. Garrett reports the “Supreme Court just heard a case that proves how broken the death penalty is.” Wednesday, the justices heard the case of Duane Buck and considered one simple question: when is prejudice prejudicial. Garrett writes, “It is a little rich that the justices must now consider such fine questions of impossible-to-determine probabilities, when it is the Supreme Court’s doing that this expert was testifying about made-up probabilities in the first place. Buck’s case — and specifically the model of putting people to death depending on vague considerations, such as whether or not a jury thinks a convict may be violent in the future — demonstrates that the entire project of modern death sentencing is prejudiced beyond repair.”
ON THE TUBE
|This week, JUSTICE STEPHEN BREYER discussed with Charlie Rose his years serving on the Supreme Court. He’s a man known for his pragmatism, love for literature, and love for the word “workable.”
SCOTUS FILM FEST
|“The Supreme Court v. the American Voter” is a short doc featured by The New York Times which explores how the 2016 election will be the first in over 50 years without the full protection of the Voting Rights Act.