"supreme-court-hearings" Articles & Blogs:
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] |
Elena Kagan’s Hearings to Begin Next Monday
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by Rachel Peck, Fellow, National Women's Law Center
The Senate Judiciary Committee has officially announced that Elena Kagan's confirmation hearing will begin next Monday June 28th at 12:30 pm. Like many court-watchers around the country, we’re going...[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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
Slate asks If Elena Kagan will wear traditional female garb as Supreme Court Justice
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And I am left wondering: why does it matter ?
The absurd debate over the sexuality of then nominee- now Judge- Elena Kagan has been raging since President Obama first announced her as his nomination to fill Justice Stevens' seat. From the right, many...[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] |
Women on the Bench: The Quality of Justice
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by Amy
Matsui, Senior Counsel, National Women's Law Center
It’s come up a lot: Elena Kagan would be the fourth woman Justice ever to be confirmed to the Supreme Court, and would, for the first time, join two other female Justices on the bench. It’...[Read on] |
Obama nominates Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court
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Today Obama announced his pick to replace Justice Souter on the Supreme Court: Sonia Sotomayor. Conservatives are already calling her a "judicial activist."
Conservatives argue Sotomayor has a "hard-left record" and believes that judges should consider...[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] |
Does Prop 8 Decision Prove 'California Supreme Court Lost Its Way'?
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Brenda Feigen can’t understand why the California Supreme Court doesn’t support same-sex marriageA Friend Stopped By | Today 1:00 am
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Editor’s Note: Brenda Feigen is counsel to Kenoff & Machtinger,
LLP, where she practices anti-...[Read on] |
News Flash: Diversity is a Good Thing
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by Fatima Goss Graves, Senior Counsel, National Women's Law Center
Recent print and television commentators have claimed that no white man need apply for the Supreme Court. Correction – they also believe that people in their 60s also need not ap...[Read on] |
We Couldn't Agree More, Justice Ginsburg
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by Amy Matsui, Senior Counsel, National Women's Law Center
So much attention has been paid recently to the fact that Justice Ginsburg is the lone woman seated on the Supreme Court. In a recent interview, Justice Ginsburg herself spoke about that exp...[Read on] |
Women’s Rights Central on Opening Day of Kagan’s Hearings
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This post was submitted by Sophie Shulman, WCF Communications Fellow
Yesterday marked the beginning of Solicitor General Elena Kagan’s confirmation process to become the next Justice of the Supreme...
This is a content summary only. Visit Women and Po...[Read on] |
2009-2010 Supreme Court Term: Some Rights Preserved, Some Setbacks for Women
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by Dina Lassow, Senior Counsel, National Women's Law Center
The Supreme Court handed down the last decisions of the 2009-2010 Term this week. This has been a remarkable term, with much attention being paid to cases involving campaign finance reform, ...[Read on] |
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