We’ve been ranting for a few weeks now about the latest abortion restrictions that passed in Oklahoma. The audacious nature of the bill and it’s impending court challenges should leave pro-choice advocates wondering if the law could end up in front of the US Supreme Court. According to UPI, it’s a fairly probably [...]
Today marks a very historic day. Judge Sonia Sotomayor has officially been confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 68-31. Despite the right wing attempts to distract from her record and focus on her personality, Sotomayor was able to overcome the bulshit and make history.
Sotomayor is the first Latina judge to sit on [...]
An article in today’s Wall Street Journal is really burning my biscuits. The author, Robert George, claims that if the Supreme Court decides to hear an appeal of California’s Proposition 8 (which outlawed same sex marriage), the justices would be “repeating the mistakes of Roe.”
It would be disastrous for the justices to [...]
Senator Amy Klobuchar from Minnesota is the first out of the gate after the lunch break. More references to humble beginnings and overcoming obstacles to achieve the American Dream. Klobuchar makes a good point, that all judges’ life experiences effect their decision making process.
Next up is Senator Kaufman from Delaware. He says [...]
Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor begin Monday, July 13. At first the pro-choice community knew nothing about her record on choice and how she might vote on an abortion case. Unfortunately, we still have no hard evidence. We cannot make assumptions, but over the past few months of the media, congress, [...]
My posting intentions this week were seriously sidetracked late last night when I received a startling text message from a friend. The text message included an attached photo [inset] with the simple words: “I don’t know what to do. Should I call the police? I’m scared.”
I was floored. There seems to be a blatant increase [...]
NPR ran a story on Monday that just made me cringe. Apparently, some lawyers think that Sonia Sotomayor is “a bully.” Boo hoo, cry me a river. Sometimes it’s hard to believe we’re living in the 21st Century when stereotypes like this are so pervasive. Here’s a direct quote from the [...]
Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s record on abortion is virtually non-existent. The closest she has come to a decision on reproductive rights is the case of Center for Reproductive Law & Policy v. Bush. This case is situated around the Global Gag Rule, also known as the Mexico City Policy, that Bill Clinton repealed, George W. Bush [...]
The death of Dr. Tiller is a tragic reminder of the harshly divisive pattern of American politics. Too often we are pulled into debates with only two sides: one side is right, the other is wrong. This type of world continues to breed hate and ideologies that must stand against each other rather than side [...]
Supreme Court hopeful Sonia Sotomayor may be the first Latina to be nominated to the high court, but she’s certainly not the first Catholic. Five other justices are Catholic – Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and Chief Justice John Roberts. In the history of the Supreme Court there have been [...]
