http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/courts This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Courts en-US Copyright 2008, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200806270003 On his PBS program, Charlie Rose did not challenge Antonin Scalia's false assertion that "the press unanimously" found that, in Rose's words, George W. Bush "won that election in Florida." In fact, according to <em>The Washington Post</em>, data from a study conducted by the National Opinion Research Center found that under several different criteria for assessing a voter's intent, Al Gore would have received more votes than Bush after a statewide recount of all ballots "that were initially rejected by voting machines." http://mediamatters.org/items/200806270003 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:42:41 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200804110002 On Fox News, <em>The Washington Examiner</em>'s Bill Sammon said of House Democrats' move to suspend the 60-day requirement for voting on the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: "I call it more like the 'nuclear option,' because that's what the Democrats called the Republican threat to change the rules back when they were trying to get judges through." Sammon was referring to a 2005 Republican-proposed Senate rule change that would have effectively eliminated the ability to filibuster judicial nominations. But the term "nuclear option," as it pertains to judicial filibusters, was originally coined by Republican Sen. Trent Lott -- not by Democrats. http://mediamatters.org/items/200804110002 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:55:26 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200711200003 A <em>New York Times</em> op-ed by Martin B. Gold and Dimple Gupta that criticized legislation changing Senate rules to "make[] it easier for last-minute proposals to be inserted into legislation behind closed doors" identified the writers only as "lawyers and former Congressional aides." In fact, both previously served as aides to Senate Republicans -- Gold for former Majority Leader Bill Frist and Gupta for Sen. Arlen Specter during Specter's tenure as chairman of the Judiciary Committee. http://mediamatters.org/items/200711200003 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:58:20 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200708280007 http://mediamatters.org/items/200708280007 Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:57:08 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200706300001 <em>The Washington Post </em>editorial board endorsed the nominations of John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, asserting of Roberts that he possesses "a modest conception of the judicial function and a strong belief in the stability of precedent." Since then, the <em>Post</em> has criticized several Supreme Court decisions written by or joined by Roberts or Alito, claiming that they show a lack of judicial restraint and fidelity to precedent. Yet the <em>Post</em> has given no indication that its evaluation of either nominee was flawed, or that it intends to revisit its criteria for evaluating Supreme Court nominees. http://mediamatters.org/items/200706300001 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:54:36 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200704300002 http://mediamatters.org/items/200704300002 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:01:07 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200701040007 Bill O'Reilly glossed over objections to a new book by Missouri judge Robert H. Dierker Jr. -- which attacks "femifascists" and "illiberal liberals," and has a chapter titled "The Cloud Cuckooland of Radical Feminism" -- while allowing Dierker to assert, unchallenged, that, "almost by definition," liberals are the ones who primarily engage in judicial "activism." <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200701040007 Thu, 4 Jan 2007 14:45:14 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200610300006 http://mediamatters.org/items/200610300006 Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:21:29 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200610130007 On his radio program, Bill O'Reilly baselessly claimed that "secular-progressive judges on the [Supreme C]ourt" are "more likely to come about if Nancy Pelosi and her crew" control the U.S. House of Representatives. However, the constitutional process for the nomination and confirmation of Supreme Court justices does not involve the House of Representatives. http://mediamatters.org/items/200610130007 Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:41:15 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200610090004 http://mediamatters.org/items/200610090004 Mon, 9 Oct 2006 14:15:42 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200605100004 In reporting and editorializing on the Senate Judiciary Committee's May 9 hearings to consider President Bush's nomination of White House staff secretary Brett Kavanaugh for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, <em>The Washington Post</em> and <em>The Washington Times</em> each offered incomplete, inaccurate, and misleading portrayals of Kavanaugh's nomination and of Kavanaugh himself. http://mediamatters.org/items/200605100004 Wed, 10 May 2006 12:31:56 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200605030001 Bill O'Reilly suggested that his listeners "visit [Vermont] at your discretion," because it is a "hopeless, hopeless state" that refuses to "protect the kids" from child molesters. O'Reilly stated that Vermont "is gonna lead the league" among the "six to 10 states" that won't "pass any laws to protect the kids." In fact, the Vermont Senate recently passed legislation requiring a 10-year mandatory minimum sentence for those convicted of aggravated sexual assault. http://mediamatters.org/items/200605030001 Wed, 3 May 2006 09:29:09 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200603290006 Fox News' John Gibson and Andrew Napolitano lauded U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia while discussing whether Scalia should recuse himself from a case involving a Guant&aacute;namo Bay prisoner after Scalia stated that prisoners at Guant&aacute;namo Bay have no legal rights. http://mediamatters.org/items/200603290006 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 15:16:43 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200603220002 On CNN's <em>Lou Dobbs Tonight</em>, CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin asserted that "social, largely religious conservatives" forced the withdrawal of Harriet Miers's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. <em>Wall Street Journal</em> columnist John Fund responded to Toobin by naming two conservative religious leaders who had been Miers's "biggest backers" and claiming, "It was economic conservatives, including <em>The Wall Street Journal</em>, that were skeptical" of her nomination. In fact, following the disclosure of a speech by Miers in which she said that "self-determination" should guide decisions about abortion and school prayer, numerous social conservative groups and leaders demanded that Miers's nomination be withdrawn. http://mediamatters.org/items/200603220002 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:48:35 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200603090009 A <em>Wall Street Journal</em> article on the constitutionality of South Dakota's recently passed abortion ban stated that Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito "expressed skepticism about abortion rights while working for the Reagan administration." However, the suggestion that Alito merely "expressed skepticism" about abortion rights mischaracterizes his clearly articulated view that there is no constitutional right to abortion. http://mediamatters.org/items/200603090009 Thu, 9 Mar 2006 16:26:33 EST