The Supreme Court Just Punted on Gerrymandering
On Monday morning, the Supreme Court released a decision in the Maryland gerrymandering case that can probably be better understood as the opposite of a decision, or the absence of one. The Court,...
View ArticleTrump’s Two SCOTUS Picks Also Went to High School Together
No matter what it means for the fate of the nation, Donald Trump’s latest judicial pick has made a more prosaic variety of history, too: If DC circuit judge Brett Kavanaugh were to join the court, it...
View ArticleWhat Will It Mean for DC, Maryland, and Virginia if Roe v. Wade Is Repealed?...
Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement has put the subject of abortion rights at the center of America’s political conversation once again. Soon after Kennedy announced his decision to step down, CNN’s...
View ArticleWashington Parents Write Letter to Senators Praising Brett Kavanaugh’s Character
Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the US Supreme Court got some support Friday from local parents. More than 30 people from DC’s Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Chevy Chase wrote Senate Judiciary...
View ArticleWashingtonian Today: Supreme Court Drama, Trump Hotel Drama, Whole Foods Drama
Temperate weather and sunshine are meandering into the District of Columbia. How quaint! But I don’t dare call this autumn yet—not until I can drink my warm M.E. Swing’s coffee without sweating to...
View ArticleHow Ruth Bader Ginsburg Got Her Cameo in “On the Basis of Sex”
After showing viewers how a whip-smart young lawyer from Brooklyn becomes the Notorious RBG, On the Basis of Sex—the star-studded biopic about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg—ends with a fun...
View ArticleRBG Fans Will Plank on the Supreme Court Steps for Her Birthday
Fans of Ruth Bader Ginsburg are about to get physical, physical. On March 15, DC-based resistance retailer The Outrage will throw a birthday party for the soon-to-be 86-year-old Supreme Court justice...
View ArticleInterview: The Coauthor of ‘The Education of Brett Kavanaugh’ Explains How...
In her new book, The Education of Brett Kavanaugh: An Investigation, New York Times reporter Kate Kelly, with coauthor Robin Pogrebin, investigates the divisive Supreme Court justice’s hard-partying...
View ArticleA Trump Impeachment Trial Could Be Pretty Boring, Fashion-Wise
One of the most enduring images of Bill Clinton‘s 1999 impeachment trial in the US Senate is the gaily festooned robe that Chief Justice William Rehnquist wore while presiding. Far from the basic black...
View ArticleWhat It’s Like to Be a Woman in Washington: 62 Women Explain
Look around our town today and your eyes will land on example after example of some ladyboss getting it done. Forget Congress (where, ahem, a record number of female lawmakers were seated this year)....
View ArticleWhile You Were Paying Attention to Ukraine, Here’s What Trump’s Appointees...
In 2019, the Trump administration issued 44 executive orders, signed 94 bills into law and finalized more than three thousand new rules. One hundred judges were confirmed to the federal bench, the most...
View ArticleWhat Does It Mean Now That Virginia Has Ratified the Equal Rights Amendment?
Last month, Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the long-contested Equal Rights Amendment. By some measures, this should mean the amendment becomes part of the Constitution—the 28th Amendment. But...
View ArticleWhy DC’s Public Defender Service Is Among the Country’s Best
As the director of DC’s Public Defender Service, Avis Buchanan oversees one of the country’s most respected organizations devoted to defending people who can’t afford a lawyer. A Prince George’s County...
View ArticleThese New “Wear a Mask” Signs Invoke RBG, and They’re Awesome
“RBG works less than 5 miles from here. If you won’t wear a mask to protect your friends and family, do it to protect RBG.” Signs bearing this message popped up around Adams Morgan last weekend...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Crowds Mourn Outside the Supreme Court After RBG’s Death
Hundreds of mourners gathered on the steps of the Supreme Court Friday night to grieve the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, hours after the high court announced her death. Crowds placed flowers,...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court Has Draped RBG’s Chair in Black Cloth
The United States Supreme Court has draped Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s bench chair and bench in black wool crepe. The tradition goes back to the death of Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, who died in...
View ArticleLook at the Touching Signs People Are Leaving in RBG’s Honor at the Supreme...
Not long after Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death was announced Friday, Washingtonians visited the United States Supreme Court building to mourn the justice and icon. They didn’t come empty-handed.
View ArticleRuth Bader Ginsburg Will Lie in Repose Wednesday and Thursday at the Supreme...
The Supreme Court announced its plans to honor Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Monday. Ginsburg’s casket will arrive at the court at 9:30 AM on Wednesday. Ginsburg’s former law clerks will serve as...
View ArticleAnother Trailblazing Legacy of RBG: She Converted Young People Into Opera Lovers
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was such a devoted fan of the Washington National Opera that before Covid-19 hit, the company had planned its season opener at the Kennedy Center as a gift to...
View ArticleThere Will Be Another Women’s March in October to Protest Filling RBG’s...
The Women’s March group will host a nationwide march on October 17 “to send an unmistakable message of our fierce opposition to Trump and his agenda, including his attempt to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s...
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