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03.25.10
Appeals Court Judge Wood Draws Notice As Possible Supreme Court Pick

Seventh Circuit Appeals Court Judge Diane Wood is attracting speculation that she could be President Obama's Supreme Court nominee if Justice John Paul Stevens retires this year, USA Today reports. Stevens, who will turn 90 in April, has not chosen a full roster of legal clerks for the court term beginning in October, prompting observers to predict a pending retirement...

03.11.10
NYT Editorial Calls On Abortion-Rights Supporters 'To Make Their Voices Heard'

In the "three years since the Supreme Court's conservative majority abruptly departed from precedent to uphold a federal ban on a particular method of abortion, ... foes of reproductive freedom are pressing new attacks on women's rights and health," a New York Times editorial states. Utah Gov...

03.11.10
NYT Editorial Calls On Abortion-Rights Supporters 'To Make Their Voices Heard'

In the "three years since the Supreme Court's conservative majority abruptly departed from precedent to uphold a federal ban on a particular method of abortion, ... foes of reproductive freedom are pressing new attacks on women's rights and health," a New York Times editorial states. Utah Gov...

10.15.09
Proponents Of 'Choose Life' License Plates Continue State-Level Campaigns

Despite the Supreme Court's repeated refusal to take up cases related to "Choose Life" license plates, antiabortion-rights advocates are continuing to mount state-by-state legal campaigns for approval of the specialty plates, USA Today reports.

06.30.09
Majority Of U.S. Residents Support Confirming Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor, Poll Finds

Sixty-two percent of U.S. residents want Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor to be confirmed, and 55% say she is "about right" on a liberal-to-conservative scale, according to a recent Washington Post/ABC News poll, the

06.25.09
Newly Released Nixon Tapes Reveal Reaction To Roe V. Wade

President Richard Nixon, who was in office when the Supreme Court issued its 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, in secret recordings from January and February of that year discussed his views on abortion with an aide, the New York Times reports.

06.22.09
Democrats Promote Sotomayor's 'Mainstream Record'; GOP Senators Seek More Documents

Senate Democratic leaders on Thursday circulated talking points stating that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has a "mainstream record of judicial modesty," the AP/Miami Herald reports. The document includes a quote from Sotomayor expressing her belief in basing judicial decisions on the Constitution rather than on politics.Meanwhile,

06.19.09
NYT/CBS News Poll Examines Public Opinion On Sotomayor, Shows Support For Abortion Rights

Three weeks after President Obama named Judge Sonia Sotomayor as his nominee to the Supreme Court, 53% of U.S. adults say they do not know enough about her to determine whether they would support her confirmation, according to a New York Times/CBS News

06.19.09
Sotomayor Signals Support For Roe V. Wade In Meetings With Senators

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor in conversations with senators has indicated her support for Roe v. Wade, even if she has not explicitly stated that she supports abortion rights, the AP/Yahoo! News reports.

06.16.09
Scarcity Of Information On Supreme Court Nominee's Views On Abortion Rights Not Atypical, Editorial States

Although "no issue has dominated Supreme Court politics like abortion" over the past few decades, most new justices "arrive at the court without disclosing anything useful about their views on the subject -- leaving interested citizens feeling more than a little irrelevant," a Chicago Tribune editorial states.

06.16.09
Sen. McConnell Says Filibuster Of Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor Remains Possible

Appearing on CBS' "Face the Nation" on Sunday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnel (R-Ky.) said that Senate Republicans have not ruled out a filibuster on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, The Hill reports.

06.15.09
Senate GOP Could Use Procedural Tactics To Delay Sotomayor Hearings

Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Thursday said that the GOP has not ruled out the use of procedural tactics, such as a Republican boycott, to attempt to delay Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearing, Roll Call reports.