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April 7, 2022
Matt Ford
Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Ordeal Is Just Beginning
Confirmed as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court, she now faces the paradox of being one of the most powerful people in the country but having little influence in her day-to-day job.
August 1, 2013
David Fontana
Obama is Actually Doing Smart Things on Judicial Appointments
January 29, 2013
Timothy Noah
Don’t Ban Recess Appointments!
January 28, 2013
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The War Over Recess Appointments Is Not for the Supreme Court to Settle
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