The Supreme Court scrapped race as a factor in college admissions, but the Roberts court pointed the way to economic class as a better remedy.
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Clarence Page: Supreme Court ethics? It’s more than ‘balls and strikes’
As Senate Judiciary Committee chair, Sen. Dick Durbin has the power to improve the credibility that the high court has lost to politics. He should use it.
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Clarence Page: After 50 years in journalism, I advise caution in your search for truth
The news landscape requires more attention from consumers than ever.
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Clarence Page: Congress finds virtue in compromise – at last
Lessons of the debt ceiling debate: Congress should not be encouraged to hold the rest of the government hostage to get the legislation they want.
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Clarence Page: RIP, Jim Brown, your legacy is memorable but clouded
Though he may well be recalled as the best football player to put on a helmet, his arrests for abusing women should stain his history of triumphs on the field.
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Clarence Page: Justice is imperiled when politicians exploit vigilantism
The groundswell of Republican support for a man charged in the chokehold death of a fellow New York subway rider has an air of ruthlessness.
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Clarence Page: Who now is to be accountable for Emmett Till’s death?
As an author of a recent book about the Emmett Till case said: ‘It’s too bad that Carolyn Bryant Donham died without ever taking responsibility for her role in the brutal lynching.’
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Clarence Page: GOP, beware. Abortion politics are firing up both sides
Let’s face it. Anti-abortion politics is about power, grievance and getting the upper hand on the other side.
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Clarence Page: Even a majority needs to share the microphone
If you can’t win an argument on its merits, you owe your colleagues and constituents something more than simply to cut off debate.
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Clarence Page: Equal justice, even for Donald Trump and other suspects
Trump’s indictment reminds many of the days when he was less enthralled by the presumption of innocence than he is now – when he desperately needs it.