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History and the Supreme Court of the United States

With President Trump’s nomination of Neil Gorsuch to succeed the late justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court of the United States, the political maneuvering of both Democrats and Republicans for the impending hearings by the Senate Judiciary Committee will soon begin to take shape.  Here is a Commentary I wrote back in 2006 following the nominations of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Sam Alito.

“When the Supreme Court ‘Respects Precedent'”

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Abortion and Slavery — Kindred Conflicts for American Justice

With the recent demonstrations in Washington, D.C., the “Million Woman March” (1/21/2017) and the 44th Annual “March for Life” (1/27,2017), the issue of Abortion is in the forefront of the media and American Politics.  Here is a Commentary I wrote back in 2003 that speaks to the issue of a “Woman’s ‘right’ to ‘choose'” the issue of an American’s ‘property rights’ over a slave.

“Slavery – and a Woman’s ‘Right’ to Choose”