Sonia Sotomayor

Saturday TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: 'Premium Rush' on Starz

2013-06-07 16:19:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of June 9 - 15, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SERIES In the Flesh This three-part tale about...

Disneyland takes Tomorrowland into Fantasyland with new prices

2013-06-03 14:17:00

Psst, hey buddy, spare $100 so I can go to Disneyland? That’s right, the price to visit the Magic (Moneymaking) Kingdom has gone up again. For those over 10, it’s now $92 for a day pass to either Disneyland or Disney California Adventure....

To break D.C. logjam, Sen. Reid should revive the 'nuclear option'

2013-06-02 15:53:00

As President Obama prepares to nominate three new judges for what is probably the nation's most important federal appeals court, Republicans in the Senate are escalating their attempts to stand in his way. Last month the Senate unanimously confirmed...

Supreme Court lifts time limit on some 'actual innocence' appeals

2013-05-28 18:20:00

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court gave a second chance Tuesday to prisoners who come up with strong new evidence of their innocence, but who have waited too long to file an appeal. In a 5-4 decision, the justices lifted the one-year time limit for...

Goldberg: Niall Ferguson's blooper

2013-05-07 00:00:00

At an investment conference last week, Harvard historian Niall Ferguson created a huge mess for himself. He glibly speculated that maybe because economist John Maynard Keynes was a childless, "effete" homosexual, he embraced a doctrine that favored...

Supreme Court's common-sense ruling a win for legal immigrants

2013-04-24 06:40:00

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that legal immigrants convicted of small amounts of marijuana possession are not subject to mandatory deportation. I hope the decision will serve as a strong warning to federal authorities to stop using laws intended...

Even drunk drivers have rights

2013-04-21 00:00:00

Drunk driving is a public menace, and the nation is better for efforts to crack down on it. But motorists arrested for driving under the influence, like other people accused of crimes, have constitutional rights that police must respect —...

An end to partisan gamesmanship on judges? Not yet

2013-04-15 14:06:00

After Republicans successfully filibustered two of President Obama’s high-profile nominees to federal appeals courts, the president has launched the proverbial no-holds-barred effort to win confirmation of Deputy Solicitor General Sri Srinivasan for...

Gay marriage backers, foes weigh in on Supreme Court Prop. 8 hearing

2013-03-26 11:04:00

Both sides of the gay marriage debate expressed optimism Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court heard the first of two days of historic legal arguments. John Eastman, a Chapman University constitutional law professor who supports California's...

A filibustered judicial nominee withdraws

2013-03-22 15:30:00

New York lawyer Caitlin Halligan, who was first nominated to the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., almost 2 1/2 years ago, has asked President Obama to withdraw her nomination. As The Times noted in an editorial today, Halligan was the victim...

'CBS This Morning' faces the day on its own terms

2013-02-09 07:00:00

NEW YORK — It's not quite 8 a.m. on a Monday morning, and in a dark control room on West 57th Street, Chris Licht, executive producer of "CBS This Morning," has already been up for nearly four hours. It's the day after the Golden Globes, and both...

Latinos applaud rock band Mana's Obama inaugural gig

2013-01-23 12:52:00

Mexicans and Mexican Americans have been weighing in about the performance of Mexican superstar rock band Man� at an inaugural ball for President Obama. The consensus so far? It was a good night for rock en espa�ol -- and a smart political move as well....

This artist rendering shows attorney Charles J. Cooper, right, addressing the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2013, as the court heard arguments on California's ban on same-sex marriage.

2013-03-26 00:00:00

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan during the State of the Union address.

2013-02-12 00:00:00

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor embraces a girl while speaking at the Harold Washington Library. She was discussing her new memoir, "My Beloved World."

2013-01-30 00:00:00