Blogs Comment On Berwick Nomination, Birth Control Coverage, Other Topics

The following summarizes selected women’s health-related blog entries. ~ “A Pregnant Woman Is Not a Meth Lab,” Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, American Civil Liberties Union’s “Blog of Rights”: According to Kolbi-Molinas, more than 20 Alabama women have been prosecuted in the past four years “for no other reason than that they tried to continue their pregnancies while struggling with addiction…

Editorials Address Withdrawal Of Justice Department Nominee Johnsen

Two editorials published on Tuesday addressed Dawn Johnsen’s decision to withdraw from consideration as President Obama’s choice to head the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel. Johnsen said that Republican opposition to her nomination prompted her decision…

Senate To Vote On Appeals Court Nominee Martin

The Senate on Wednesday is expected to confirm Beverly Baldwin Martin, President Obama’s nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, CQ Today reports. Martin would be the fourth Obama appeals court nominee to receive a vote. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Martin’s nomination by a voice vote in September 2009…

Obama To Re-Nominate Johnsen To Head DOJ Office Of Legal Counsel

President Obama plans to re-nominate Dawn Johnsen as his choice for the head of the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel after the Senate failed to take action on her nomination last year, according to a White House official, CQ Today reports (Perine, CQ Today, 1/7)…

Conservatives Divided Over Whether To Filibuster Obama Judicial Nominee Hamilton

Senate Republicans and conservative activists appear to be at an impasse over whether to attempt to filibuster President Obama’s nomination of Indiana Judge David Hamilton to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, The Hill reports (Bolton, The Hill, 11/15).

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