"court-case" Articles & Blogs:
Supreme Court Denies Class Action Case Against Walmart
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On Monday the Supreme Court threw out a case against Walmart that sought backpay to compensate an upwards of a million female employees who claim they were discriminated against in pay and promotion decisions. Had the case gone through, it would hav...[Read on] |
Supreme Court Weighs In on Janet Jackson Wardrobe Malfunction
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Janet Jackson’s notorious wardrobe malfunction continues to cause uproarPost | Today 2:50 pm
The Supreme Court today sent the case on Janet Jackson’s infamous wardrobe malfunction back to an appeals court. A court last year ruled that CBS sh...[Read on] |
Will Supreme Court's Decision on New Haven Firefighter Case Hurt Sonia Sotomayor's Confirmation?
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High court overturns Sotomayor decision, saying New Haven did condone
reverse discrimination with firefighter test. What does that mean for
her?Sonia Sotomayor, New Haven | 06/30/2009 10:45 am
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Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor may have a mor...[Read on] |
Time to Fix—or Scrap—the Confirmation Hearings
| Having now sat through the biggest part of my third Supreme Court confirmation hearing, I feel I have earned the right to say this: they have become an utter sham, a travesty upon truth and enlightenment and insight and knowledge, and they ought to be com...[Read on] |
CA Supreme Court Upholds Proposition 8
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California’s Supreme Court voted 6-1 to uphold gay-marriage banPost | Today 1:30 pm
The California Supreme Court has ruled that Proposition 8, an amendment prohibiting same-sex marriages, will remain intact. Opponents called on the court to review...[Read on] |
Mel Gibson Takes Plea Deal, No Jail For Domestic Abuse
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What is it with being in Hollywood that seems to make everyone coo-coo?
Sources say Mel Gibson has struck a plea deal with prosecutors in which he'll plead no contest to simple battery for assaulting Oksana Grigorieva and be sentenced to counseling w...[Read on] |
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Still Going Strong on Court, but Gets Blasted From Right
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Conservative blogs peeved over Supreme Court justice saying it’s OK to apply foreign law to U.S. Constitution, courts; Ginsburg says it’s not right she’s the only woman on benchSupreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Today 10:40 am
Suprem...[Read on] |
Elena Kagan Has Support From Both Left and Right as Supreme Court Nominee
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As Internet gurus get ready for Supreme Court fight, some wonder whether nominees’ health records may come into play
Supreme Court | 05/14/2009 11:20 am
Though President Obama has reportedly been considering at least a half dozen potential Supr...[Read on] |
10 Facts About Diane Wood, Potential Supreme Court Justice Pick
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Hon. Diane P. Wood is believed to be one of the women on President
Barack Obama’s short list of Supreme Court justices. Tell us what you
know about herPost | Today 3:24 pm
President Barack Obama is beginning interviews with prospective replacement...[Read on] |
Proposition 86ed: California Overturns Ban on Gay Marriage
| Photo by AJ Alfieri-Crispin/Flickr.Just a few minutes ago, U.S. District Court judge Vaughn Walker ruled that California’s Proposition 8 is unconstitutional, thereby repealing the state’s ban on gay marriage. Proposition 8 was approved by slightly mor...[Read on] |
President Obama Faces Roadblocks in Efforts to Diversify the Court
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by Rachel Peck, Fellow, National Women's Law Center
President Obama has demonstrated a commitment to increasing the diversity of the federal judiciary. Of President Obama’s 75 judicial nominees to date (including his nominees to the Supreme Court), ...[Read on] |
Dear Jurisprudence: Is It Legal for Rodney King to Marry a Juror from His Trial?
| Rodney King announced yesterday that he has proposed to his girlfriend, Cynthia Kelley, a juror from his 1993 civil case against the city of Los Angeles. If a plaintiff’s marrying a juror sounds suspect, that’s because it very well could be! A...[Read on] |
Just Released: Gains and Losses for Women in 2008-09 Supreme Court Decisions
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National Women’s Law Center Releases New Analysis of Impact on Women
As the U.S. Supreme Court wrapped up its 2008-2009 term today, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) released a new analysis of several crucial decisions that demonstrate the impac...[Read on] |
Sexual harassment litigation roundup
| It's time for another roundup of recent decision in Title IX sexual harassment cases:A federal judge in Ohio refused to grant summary judgment to the Southwestern City School District so that a jury can resolve disputed facts about whether district off...[Read on] |
Just Released: Victory for Equal Pay in the Courts
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In a triumphant development for equal pay, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals today ruled in favor of Mary Lou Mikula, holding that her Title VII pay discrimination claim had been erroneously dismissed on the basis that her charge was not timely. The Na...[Read on] |
Sonia Sotomayor Confirmed, Becomes Third Woman and First Hispanic on Supreme Court
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Congratulations, Sonia! Bronx-born judge joins one other woman on the bench; women’s groups hail historic confirmationSonia Sotomayor Confirmed | Today 9:50 am
Congratulations, Sonia Sotomayor!
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The Bronx-born judge on Thursday was confi...[Read on] |
As Supreme Court Nomination Speculation Heats Up, Keeping Our Eyes on the Bigger Prize
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I have an article up on RH Reality Check today about the SCOTUS nominations. Check it out. A taste:
Few things excite politics junkies quite as much as an impending Supreme Court nomination - it’s the Kentucky derby for law nerds, with media-makers...[Read on] |
As Judge Sotomayor Concludes Her Testimony Before the Senate Judiciary Committee…
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by Marcia D. Greenberger, Co-President, National Women's Law Center
This post is part of a series about the nomination of Judge Sotomayor for the Supreme Court.
Judge Sotomayor just concluded what has been estimated to be about 24 hours of testimon...[Read on] |
Kagan's Star May Dim as Voters Reject Incumbents
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(WOMENSNEWS)--Although senators of both parties who have met with Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan this week have said the 50-year-old former dean of Harvard Law School is highly qualified to be the fourth woman on the court, American voters aren't so su...[Read on] |
Congratulations Justice Kagan
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by Rachel Peck, Fellow, National Women's Law Center
It's official! Elena Kagan is now an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. She was sworn in on Saturday by Chief Justice John Roberts and becomes the fourth woman to have ever served ...[Read on] |
Could Supreme Court TV Make America Smarter?
| The very sight of Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) makes me drowsy so the notion that he is spearheading a drive to bring live television coverage to the public workings of the United States Supreme Court is downright laughable. But yet there he is, calling out...[Read on] |
What's Next for Women's Legal Rights in the Supreme Court?
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by Amy Matsui, Senior Counsel, National Women's Law Center
Every year, the Supreme Court is confronted with cases involving legal issues of the utmost importance to women, including the constitutional rights of women to a zone of privacy and to equa...[Read on] |
California marriage equality groups risk rights for petty rivalry
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A rivalry between California's two largest marriage equality organizations to publicly define the timeline of repealing Proposition 8 has become a bitter spat that threatens to cripple the effort.
On August 12, Equality California (EQCA) announced their ...[Read on] |
Roe v. Wade – What’s in a Name?
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By Lauren Robbins, Intern for Health and Reproductive RightsNational Women’s Law Center
This past Halloween I saw a woman on the street carrying what looked like an oversized paddle and rowing her way down 14th Street, sans boat and, for that matter, w...[Read on] |
Next Week’s Supreme Court Hearings: Issues Important to Women
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by Thao Nguyen, Outreach Manager, National Women's Law Center
Next week, as all eyes turn to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, our country will engage in a conversation about the legal issues that are m...[Read on] |
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