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Say What? RNC Chair Michael Steele on Sotomayor
"The trap here for the GOP I think is enormous. I know that a lot of folks want to do the knee-jerk, you know, let’s start slammin’ and rammin’, but I think we really need to take a step back from this and deal with two things. One, the historic aspect of it, OK, acknowledge it but then move on to the substance of the conversation about what this woman believes and why she believes it."
Court to Take on Reverse Discrimination, Voting Rights
Change may come to America in the form of new standards in civil rights. On Friday, the US Supreme Court decided that it would hear two cases, one dealing with work discrimination and the other with voting discrimination. Depending on how the court rules later this year, these cases could change the landscape of US civil rights law.
Briefing Book! Domestic Abusers Can Purchase Guns
- Law: Supreme Court sides with domestic abusers? Court likely to uphold decision that allows those with domestic abuse convictions to purchase guns. — Jezebel
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Alabama Supreme Court to Women: No Sex Toys For You!
Love Stuff, a sex toy shop in Hoover, AL, recently filed a challenge to strike down a 1998 law that bans the sale of sex toys. Alas, anyone who wants to buy sex toys in Alabama will have to go elsewhere. The Alabama Supreme Court upheld the state's ban in a 7-2 decision on Friday, arguing against Love Stuff's claim that the ban violated a person's right to sexual privacy.
Supreme Court Considers Legality of Crosses on Public Land
While the Supreme Court decides whether or not religious symbols can be erected on public land, one justice already has his mind made up. During the oral arguments on the legality of a cross at a World War I memorial, Catholic Justice Antonin Scalia more than hinted at how he is voting. Scalia said yesterday:
What would you have them erect?
Anita Hill on the History of Female Supreme Court Justices
"For me the critical question is not whether the Supreme Court should have seats set aside for women; the one so often asked. Nearly 30 years after Justice O’Connor’s appointment, the question we confront as a country is whether we can let go of the presumption that these lofty positions belong to men. As Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg put it, 'Women belong in all places where decisions are being made .
Supreme Court: Strip Search of Girl Was Unconstitutional
I've been following the story of Savana Redding for a while now. When Savana was 13, she was strip searched at school on the false suspicion that she brought prescription-strength Ibuprofen pills to campus.
Well, today the Supreme Court handed down the ruling that it was unconstitutional for the school officials to conduct that nude strip search of Savana.
Front Page: Obama Picks Sonia Sotomayor For Supreme Court
- President Obama has selected federal judge Sonia Sotomayor as his nominee for Supreme Court. She is the court's first Hispanic nominee. — New York Times
- Following the test of a nuclear missile this weekend, North Korea test-fired two more short-range missiles today.
Voting Case: Supreme Court Rules Against Ohio GOP
The Supreme Court dealt a blow to a Republican Ohio strategy this past Friday. The Court threw out Ohio Republicans' request for Ohio's secretary of state to provide county elections boards with the names of newly registered voters whose voter registration forms do not match DMV records exactly.
The Supreme Court overturned a lower court decision to require the state to set up a chaotic system that would make it easier for officials to challenge prospective voters with mismatched info.
Supreme Court Says Abortions in Jail, A-OK!
Yesterday, the US Supreme Court chose to allow prisoners to receive abortions. By rejecting an appeal, the Supreme Court let stand the Arizona court ruling that pregnant inmates have a constitutional right to be transported to abortion sites.
The ACLU sued an Arizona county sheriff for refusing to drive pregnant inmates to get abortions, unless the inmates obtained a court order.
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