Opening Arguments Archive: Short List

Senate Reaction: Olympia Snowe on Sotomayor

Senator Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) on the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor: “Indisputably, this is an historic selection. . . . I commend President Obama for nominating a well-qualified woman, as I urged him to do during a one-on-one meeting on a...

Stanford Professor Jokes About Life on the Short List

By Robert Barnes Stanford University law professor Pamela Karlan is a favorite of law professors and Supreme Court experts who are pondering President Obama’s choice of a Supreme court nominee, even if her spot on the White House’s list is...