EQUALITY IN THE COURTS: Judge Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings Quickly Approaching
July 10, 2009
Next Monday, July 13th, the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor will begin. Sotomayor has been chosen to replace retiring Associate Justice David Souter.
Continue Reading ►Anti-Marriage Activists Claim Signature Goal in Maine
July 9, 2009
Yesterday, the fight to protect the freedom to marry in Maine intensified. Stand for Marriage Maine, a group seeking to repeal the marriage equality law which was passed by the legislature and signed by the governor in May, announced that they had collected the necessary 55,087 signatures needed to get a referendum on the ballot in November.
Continue Reading ►EQUALITY IN THE COURTS: Judicial Empathy and Equal Protection
July 9, 2009
Much has been made of President Obama's remark on the campaign trail that one of the criteria by which he would select a Supreme Court nominee would be whether he or she had “the empathy to recognize what it’s like to be a young, teenaged mom; the empathy to understand what it's like to be poor or African-American or gay or disabled or old.”
Continue Reading ►Rep. Patrick Murphy on Rachel Maddow
July 9, 2009
After appearing at our press conference earlier in the day, Rep. Patrick Murphy spoke to Rachel Maddow on MSNBC last night about his leadership on repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Learn more about HRC's "Voices of Honor" tour.
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