Videos Feature Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings, Interview With GOP Sen. Candidate
July 9, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
The following summarizes selected women’s health related videos. Kagan Discusses Abortion Rights: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) became the first lawmaker to raise the issue of abortion rights during Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing this week…
Rep. Slaughter Urges Senate Judiciary Committee To Press Kagan About Abortion Views
May 26, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.), co-chair of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee urging lawmakers to thoroughly question Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan about her views on abortion rights, the AP/Google News reports. Slaughter described as “troubling” a memo that Kagan wrote in 1997 while working as a policy adviser in the Clinton White House…
Senate Judiciary Comm. Chair Leahy Predicts Supreme Court Confirmation This Summer
April 15, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
There is “no question” that a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens will be seated in time for the court’s fall term, Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” the New York Times reports. Leahy predicted that the Senate would confirm a new justice by the summer (Chan, New York Times, 4/11)…
N.J. Education Dept. Nominee Says Religious Beliefs Will Not Affect Policy
February 28, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
Former Jersey City, N.J., Mayor Bret Schundler — Gov. Chris Christie’s (R) nominee to lead the New Jersey Department of Education — told the state Senate Judiciary Committee this week that he would let local districts decide how to teach sex education, the AP/Asbury Park Press reports…
Senate To Vote On Appeals Court Nominee Martin
January 26, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
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…
