Earlier this week, the advocacy group People for the American Way released a report on the Senate’s record of blocking President Barack Obama’s judicial nominations. The report reached a shocking conclusion: Since President Obama took office, every district court nominee with party-line opposition from Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans has been a woman or person of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Judicial Nominations’
Elena Kagan Hearings: Day 1
Posted in Supreme Court, The AAUW Community, tagged Elena Kagan, Judicial Nominations, Kagan, SCOTUS, Senate Judiciary Committee on June 29, 2010, | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee began the confirmation hearings for Solicitor General Elena Kagan’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. While seriousness of purpose often marks such proceedings, the hearing began on a particularly somber note with news of the death of Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV), who represented West Virginia in the Senate for more [...]
Confirmation Hearings Day Four
Posted in Equity in the News, tagged Judicial Nominations, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court on July 16, 2009, | 1 Comment »
Thanks for joining us for our final day live blogging the Senate confirmation hearings of Judge Sonia Sotomayor including testimony from witnesses.
On President Obama’s Nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor
Posted in The AAUW Community, tagged Judicial Nominations, President Obama, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court on May 26, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
AAUW monitors the judicial nomination process because so many of our fundamental rights and liberties have been established and are protected by the federal courts. AAUW supports a fair and balanced judiciary. This is especially important when it comes to the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land. Judge Sonia Sotomayor, if confirmed, would [...]
Supreme Court Hears Harassment Case
Posted in Voter Education, Women and Civil Rights, tagged Amicus Curiae, Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Da, employment discrimination, free speech, Judicial Nominations, Supreme Court, Title IX, Voter Guides, voting rights on October 9, 2008, | 2 Comments »
Monday marked the first day of the U.S. Supreme Court’s new term. During this term, the court will hear cases covering a number of important issues, including employment discrimination, free speech, Title IX, voting rights, and access to the courts. Yesterday the court heard the oral arguments for a significant sexual harassment case, Crawford v. [...]
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