One of the nation’s most famous former Klansmen, Robert Byrd of West Virginia, will lie in repose in the United States Senate chambers today. Among Byrd’s achievements were filibustering the 1964 Civil Rights Act and voting against the Supreme Court nomination of Thurgood Marshall. He was also known for having over 30 taxpayer funded public works named for … Continue reading
Seventeen years after his death, former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall finds himself on trial in Washington. The occasion is the confirmation hearing of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. It turns out that Kagan once had the temerity to clerk for Justice Marshall and then compounded her error by admiring the man. Apparently working for, and then admiring, … Continue reading
