Women and the Supreme Court in 2010

    Posted May 13th, 2010 by

    by Marcia Greenberger, Co-President, National Women’s Law Center

    This week, President Obama nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the U.S Supreme Court. As we prepare for the Senate hearing on the nomination of this exceptionally qualified candidate, it is important to ask ourselves what difference the Supreme Court makes in the lives of women.

    Click below to listen to my podcast to learn about the important ways that the Supreme Court has affected the lives of women in this country:

    Podcast – Women and the Supreme Court

    You can also watch a recent roundtable I participated in about Solicitor General Kagan for PBS NewsHour.

    Cross-posted from Womenstake

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    Thao Nguyen is the Senior Outreach Manager for Health and Reproductive Rights. She manages the outreach efforts for the Center’s work on women and health care, reproductive rights, and judicial nominations. Previously, Thao managed the policy and advocacy work at different HIV/AIDS and environmental organizations. Her education has mainly come from her random traveling experiences, which includes sharing a truck with ducks around Vietnam and getting caught playing hide-and-seek in the House of Lords during off hours. She also received a BA in English Literature from the University of California, Irvine and an MA in Human Rights Law from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Thao spends her free time espousing the marvels of Ebay.
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    May 20, 2010 at 1:48 pm by David Frazier

    That she is a woman does not make her any more or less qualified than a man to hold that postition. The fact that she is a Obama appointment should send up a red flag to anyone who can think for themselves. Your statement that she is exceptionally well qualified is open to debate. When will we start promoting people on their actual qualifications not whether theya are black, white, red, male, female, Democrat, Republican or people of any other category which has nothing to do with their abilities?

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    May 15, 2010 at 12:31 am by Patrick

    Has the Supreme Court been good for families?

    Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113. Has resulted in an average of 1.3 million abortions per year. If we discount human life by adopting a set of liberal excuses we have become less. We have become less intellectually, less as a country, lesser humans.

    If General Elena Kagan had been aborted would this discussion be taking place? Would it have been better if she were killed? These are not rhetorical questions, they are real questions which have real answers. Look at the liberal set of values a good portion of this nation has adopted and you will find the real answers.

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