Recent Blog Posts

May 7, 2010 — “A Dream Fulfilled? Race, Citizenship, and the Presidential Election of 2008,” hosted by Colonial Williamsburg. Introduction: Colin G. Campbell, President and CEO of Colonial Williamsburg.
Panelists: David Blight, Yale University; Rex Ellis, Smithsonian Institution; Annette Gordon-Reed, New York Law School; Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Princeton University; L. Douglas Wilder, former Virginia Governor. Moderator Barbara Hamm Lee, journalist.
I’ve written before about the U.S. Supreme Court delaying release of audiotapes of oral arguments it heard involving “salty” language.
Syndicated columnist Ruth Marcus writes the court deliberately prolongs posting those recordings. And she believes that should change.
Even before Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer lifted her pen after signing the state’s new immigration law, the debate over its value and legality started.
The law includes measures designed to stem the tide of illegal immigrants in a state plagued by that.







