Author/Illustrator Maira Kalman visits the Court

Check out this fantastic piece from today’s NYTimes blogs, by Maira Kalman:  May It Please The Court.

The Supreme Beat – Sunday 4/26

Don’t miss our next Arlington Reads event, coming up this Sunday, April 26th, 3:00 pm at the Shirlington Branch Library – Covering the Court, the Supreme Beat: A Round Table Discussion of Journalist Who Cover the US Supreme Court. Toni Locy, former reporter for USA today, will moderate a distinguished panel of journalists who cover [...]

O’Connor promotes OurCourts.org

Former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor is talking to the media quite a bit this month, as she promotes her her new civics website for kids called OurCourts.org. The goal of the OurCourts.org is to be “a free, interactive, web-based program designed to teach students civics and inspire them to be active participant in our democracy”.  [...]

New Event: Arlington Reads Panel Discussion

Toni Locy to moderate Arlington Reads panel discussion: The Supreme Beat: A Round Table Discussion of Journalist Who Cover the US Supreme Court. Sunday April 26th, 3:00 pm; Shirlington Library.

The Supreme Court may blog and wiki, but doesn’t tweet.

We were excited when we found the SCOTUSblog and the SCOTUSwiki, so of course we also thought this article – from the U.S. Supreme Court Monitor (Feb. 27) – was too interesting not to share: Is the U.S. Supreme Court Twitter site another sign of the Court venturing into the modern era or just an [...]

Toobin on Anderson Cooper 360 today

This morning on Anderson Cooper 360, Jeffrey Toobin and Cooper discussed how Justice Ginsburg’s cancer may affect the court.

Justice Stevens @ Newseum 2/26

Justice Stevens moderates a panel discussion at the Newseum on Marbury v Madison.

At the risk of angering the Court, who would you like to see added to the bench?

We’ve read that media speculation over Ginsburg possibly retiring makes the Court grumpy, but how can we help but think about it? And we’re not alone.  This morning on WashingtonPost.com, Slate senior editors Emily Bazelon and Dahlia Lithwick held an online discussion on “how President Obama’s use of the courts will compare with his predecessor’s.” [...]

Justice Ginsburg and the future of the Court

The Legal Times reported Monday: One Court watcher says he suspects Ginsburg’s fellow justices are “furious beyond belief” at the immediate round of media speculation about her possible retirement — and who might replace her — and that it may even bolster her determination to remain on the bench. You can read more media and [...]

Podcast of Toobin interview from 01/22/09

Toobin – and his mother Marlene Sanders, who is also a journalist and covered the 1965 inauguration of Lyndon B Johnson – were interviewed together yesterday on mediabistro.com.   You can listen to a podcast of the interview, which includes Sanders discussing her “motherly indignation” over the amount of airtime Toobin received Tuesday, as well as [...]