Opinion

We Need Reform and Smart Investments, Not Another Prison

Published by Nikki Ratay on Mon, 01/25/2021 - 12:00am

Just four years ago, Nebraska prison officials projected they were on track to significantly reduce Nebraska’s crisis level of prison overcrowding by the start of the new decade. Instead, we enter 2021 with the situation largely unchanged and Gov. Pete Ricketts asking taxpayers to reward that failure with a $230 million commitment for a new prison.

Supreme Court Should Resolve to Adopt a Code of Ethics

Published by Nikki Ratay on Wed, 12/30/2020 - 12:00am

Happy New Year, one and all!

And for the United States Supreme Court, here’s a resolution for you: Adopt a code of ethics.

Nebraska Courts Show Leadership Amid Crisis

Published by Nikki Ratay on Mon, 12/14/2020 - 12:00am

While some political leaders in Nebraska have waffled about handling COVID-19, our judges have made no bones about being tough and clear that this pandemic is no joke and citizens having business in the courts will abide by rules to keep them safe.

Don’t Lose Sight of This Important Milestone Amid Pandemic, Election Stories

Published by Nikki Ratay on Thu, 11/26/2020 - 12:00am

“Count your many blessings, name them one by one.”

This Thanksgiving it may seem harder than usual to think of them. However, there are still many. Whether gathering this year in person or virtually, let’s all take time to reflect on a special blessing and a special historic milestone.

Hoping for a More Collegial Supreme Court During These Times of Political Bitterness

Published by Nikki Ratay on Mon, 11/16/2020 - 12:00am

Justice Amy Coney Barrett was full speed ahead in her first few days on the U.S. Supreme Court. She arrived in the midst of the pandemic and the day before America’s most contentious election in recent memory.

Just Because They Say Someone Won Doesn’t Mean They’ve Won

Published by Nikki Ratay on Tue, 11/03/2020 - 12:00am

Election season – and especially broadcasts on election night – depends upon polling, punditry, prognostication, politicking and pontification.

Once polls close, the race will begin to determine who won the White House, who is in control of Capitol Hill and what that may mean – especially if Democrats win – for the metonym-of-your-choice for the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court's New Term Will Include 8th Circuit Cases

Published by Nikki Ratay on Mon, 10/05/2020 - 5:00am

The United States Supreme Court will start its 2020 term this morning on the phone, absent a giant of the law, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, mopping up cases postponed from last March and April and employing the technology adopted when arguments restarted in May.

Remembering Justice Ginsburg and Judge Smith Camp

Published by Nikki Ratay on Fri, 10/02/2020 - 12:00am

On Sept. 18, America lost one of its foremost jurists and sharpest legal minds, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Justice Ginsburg’s life is proof of the American Dream. The daughter of Jewish immigrants from Poland and Ukraine, she excelled as a student and attended Cornell University, where she studied government and met her future husband, Martin Ginsburg.

Public Perception of Supreme Court’s Independence at Risk

Published by Nikki Ratay on Wed, 09/23/2020 - 12:00am

The foundation of the United States since that unanimous declaration to the world on July 4, 1776, has been independence.

Independence and its accompanying freedom is infused throughout our system of government and our society. The courts, for one, are supposed to serve as an independent check on power. So, too, is the press.

Protecting U.S. Postal Service Also Safeguards Your Access to Information

Published by Nikki Ratay on Thu, 08/27/2020 - 12:00am

Facing a fierce public outcry, the U.S. Postal Service is “suspending” its sudden cost-cutting moves – tossing out high-speed sorting machines, uprooting collection boxes, reducing Post Office hours and eliminating carrier overtime – that have slowed mail delivery and threatened the on-time delivery of mail-in ballots for the presidential election.

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