The List: President Obama’s greatest accomplishments — and mistakes
Through the end of the year, Texas on the Potomac is presenting a series of lists wrapping up 2009, looking ahead to 2010 and assessing the decade that was. President Obama’s greatest accomplishments —...
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Analysis: Justices caustic questions cast doubt on ObamaCare’s future
The Supreme Court’s conservative justices tore into the Obama administration’s signature health-care law Tuesday and posed these questions: If the government can make individuals buy health insurance,...
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Justices grill Obama administration attorney as Supreme Court hears Arizona...
The Supreme Court heard the oral argument on Wednesday of the most recent immigration case that continues to politically polarize the nation on the issue of immigration: Arizona v. United States....
View ArticleKey excerpts from the Supreme Court’s health care opinions
Chief Justice John Roberts, nominated to the high court by former President George W. Bush, voted with left-leaning justices Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, Elana Kagan creating a...
View ArticleObama launches Spanish-language ad attacking Romney for opposing Sotomayor
President Obama upped the ante in the battle for Latino votes -- and for the state of Florida -- when he aired his first Spanish-language ad targeting Mitt Romney for opposing his nomination of Sonia...
View ArticleSonia Sotomayor to become first Hispanic to swear in a president or VP
Sonia Sotomayor will make history — again. On Jan. 20, the first Latina to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court will administer the oath of office to Vice President Joe Biden at a private ceremony at the...
View ArticleSCOTUS Justice Sonia Sotomayor in SF: on affirmative action, “terror” on the...
Associate Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, on a book tour, wowed a full house in San Francisco Monday — speaking frankly about her “terror” in handling her first case there, defending affirmative...
View ArticleJustices Sotomayor and Breyer admonish Texas prosecutor for racial remarks
Two U.S. Supreme Court justices—Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer—took the rare step of admonishing a federal prosecutor Texas from today after reading a racially inflammatory statement he made while...
View ArticleSupreme Court’s conservatives take aim at Voting Rights Act
A key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act became a target Wednesday of conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court who questioned whether it remains constitutional or unfairly targets mostly Southern...
View ArticleThe Top Ten: Sheila Jackson Lee v. Antonin Scalia
Every week, Texas on the Potomac gives you a second glimpse of our most popular stories from last week. Here are our 10 most viewed stories. 1. Sheila Jackson Lee slams Scalia’s ‘racial entitlements’...
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