Supreme Court Curtail Voting Rights Act
In Shelby County v. Holder, today the Supreme Court struck a key provision of the voting rights act, a provision that required states to get federal permission to change their voting laws.
For more on this historic case, see the SCOTUS blog coverage.
Don’t be fooled by the jurisprudence that she’s got, she’s still, she’s still “Sonia from the Bronx.” However, it is unclear whether she know J-Lo personally. Regardless, 60 Minutes recently re-air its interview Supreme Court Justice Sonio Sotomayor. Here is a description of the story:
In the 223 years of the Supreme Court of the United States, it is fair to say there has never been a justice like Sonia Sotomayor. Among other things, she’s the first Hispanic on the court, she’s the daughter of Puerto Rican parents who settled in the Bronx — that New York melting pot that pours out streetwise kids and American success stories.
Sotomayor, now 58 years old, calls the streets of her childhood “my beloved world” and when we aired this story in January, she was about to come out with a memoir of the same name. She told us that, the neighborhood gave a poor girl, with a serious illness, a chance to serve and an opportunity to become one of the most powerful women in America.
Sandra Day O’Connor on the Daily Show
Jon Stewart spends two segments talking with Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. It is not the best interview, but Part I is available here (5:35) and Part II here (4:39).
More entertainingly, Jon Stewart discusses the Voting Rights Act and Justice Scalia here (7:48).