"We have the abiding conviction that the death penalty... is an excessive penalty for the rapist who, as such, does not take human life."

So wrote Justice White in Coker v. Georgia , and this week, the Supreme Court takes up the question whether the death penalty could neverth...

Hugh Hewitt talks to Clarence Thomas about religion, Jeffrey Toobin, blogs, jihadists, Black Power, Anita Hill, George Bush....

1. Does Catholicism affect his judging? Hugh Hewitt asks Clarence Thomas. Hewitt notes that Chicago dean Geoffrey Stone of Chicago has said...

The death penalty for rape of a child.

Five states have authorized the death penalty for the rape of a child: In 1977, the Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty could not be...

Predicting the Rehnquist retirement.

Within an hour of hearing, last week, that O'Connor was resigning, I wrote this about the potential for a Rehnquist retirement: I think...

What does the O'Connor retirement suggest about a possible Rehnquist retirement?

Orin Kerr has a bunch of questions on the occasion of the O'Connor announcement. Here are the related questions #3 and #4: 3. The big ...