Sandra Day O Connor
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Coney Barrett unfairly targeted in attacks over childcare
- Opinion
- October 31, 2020, 02:00
Of all the attacks on Amy Coney Barrett, newly confirmed to the US supreme court, the onslaught on her childcare arrangements is the most bewildering.(...)

If Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed another battle will be over
- Opinion
- October 6, 2018
Judges, unlike politicians, don’t owe their positions to popular endorsement. Still, like politicians, they tend to reflect how their societies think.(...)

The Irish Times view on the US supreme court nomination: Veering right
- Editorial
- July 11, 2018, 00:04
There are few more damning illustrations of how political divisions are degrading American public life than the circus that appointments to the suprem(...)

The Irish Times view on changes at the US supreme Court: A seismic decision
- Editorial
- June 29, 2018, 00:10
Unlike in Ireland, where a simple majority of votes in a referendum is enough to change Bunreacht na hÉireann, the United States constitution is extre(...)

Miriam Lord: Denham portrait a picture of slow change at King’s Inns
- Politics
- May 12, 2018, 06:00
The dining hall of the Honourable Society of King’s Inns is a magnificent room wherein baby barristers are granted the privilege of dining with eminen(...)

Contested Will – An Irishman’s Diary about the Shakespeare authorship question
- Opinion
- January 15, 2016, 01:00
The centenary of the Rising will not be the only anniversary to provoke contention this coming April. In 1916, Easter Week coincided with the tercente(...)

Dutch look to increase male judge numbers as women dominate at top
- Crime & Law
- June 23, 2014, 01:00
Court authorities in the Netherlands are considering the extraordinary step of using positive discrimination to help more male lawyers become judges (...)