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This Saturday, on HBO: The Story of the Clarence Thomas Hearings (In the News)

By Women's Voices For Change

This Saturday, at 8 p.m. EDT, HBO will air "Confirmation," a film on the notorious 1991 Senate hearings in which Anita Hill charged Clarence Thomas with what now would be termed “sexual harassment.”

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Video Pick: Justice Sonia Sotomayor: “I needed to remember the real Sonia”

By Women's Voices For Change

We learned quite a bit from the interview, and confirmed our early enthusiasm about this most historic of Justices.

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The Legal Landscape: 2011 In Review, and A Heads-Up for 2012

By Chris Lombardi

It was a historic year, all right — from Wal-Mart women losing a shot at redress to exciting new protections for domestic workers in the U.S. Here, some of the highlights.

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Wal-Mart v. Dukes: The Day After (VIDEO)

By Chris Lombardi

Wal-Mart is happy. Advocates for women mostly aren't. But Betty Dukes and her fellow plaintiffs have vowed to fight on.

Money & Careers

Video Newsflash: Supreme Court Blocks Women’s Suit Against Wal-Mart

By Women's Voices For Change

The Supreme Court rules that a class-action lawsuit against Wal-Mart alleging sex discrimination is simply too large to go forward.

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Supreme Court Preview: Wal-Mart v. Dukes, Women and ‘The Wal-Mart Way’ (VIDEO)

By Chris Lombardi

Tomorrow, March 29, the Court will hear oral arguments in this antidiscrimination case, whose class includes more than a million women. The stakes could hardly be higher.

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Confirmation Update: Elena Kagan and the Politics of Supreme Court Nominations

By Chris Lombardi

As Elena Kagan's confirmation process proceeds in D.C., WVFC offers a viewer's guide to the themes, personalities, and politics involved.

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Elena Kagan’s Rocky Ride

By Diane Vacca

The moment President announced his choice of his Solicitor General to become the next Supreme Court justice, the political theater began.

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Next for the Supremes: My Ideal Supreme Court Candidate

By Diane Vacca

Diane Vacca looks at the possibilities and the politics, and proposes that President Obama go for broke.

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Why Justice Sotomayor Made me Cry

By Diane Vacca

I really can’t explain why, but my eyes welled up as I watched Sonia Sotomayor take the Judicial Oath on Saturday to become the 111th Justice of the Supreme Court, the third woman and the first Hispanic to sit on that exalted bench. I cheered and applauded as she concluded, flanked by her brother and especially by her mother, the…

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Congratulations, Justice Sotomayor!

By Women's Voices For Change

Today, Judge Sonia Sotomayor became Justice Sotomayor — the first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice. WVFC has been watching these weeks before her confirmation with great interest — with news blogs as President Obama chose her and a sharp commentary by Diane Vacca of the deep sexism in the media’s treatment of the third female Justice in history. Late last week,…

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Supreme Court Buzz, Part 3: Obama Completes Sonia Sotomayor’s Ascent From a Life of Struggle

By Chris Lombardi

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Last night, President Obama called all three of the women we last mentioned as potential Supreme Court Justices and told them he had chosen the very first on our list, 55-year-old New York judge Sonia Sotomayor — despite a whisper campaign that had already questioned her intelligence and…

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Supreme Court Buzz, Part Two: While You’re in The Neighborhood, Please Stop By

By Chris Lombardi

This week, three of the women most talked about as potential new Supreme Court Justices just happened to be in Washington. Conferences happen a lot at Georgetown Law School, many with names like “Fair and Independent Courts in a New Era.” But this week’s conference by that name was dedicated to Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the Court,…

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Tag Archives : Supreme Court

This Saturday, on HBO: The Story of the Clarence Thomas Hearings (In the News)

Video Pick: Justice Sonia Sotomayor: “I needed to remember the real Sonia”

The Legal Landscape: 2011 In Review, and A Heads-Up for 2012

Wal-Mart v. Dukes: The Day After (VIDEO)

Video Newsflash: Supreme Court Blocks Women’s Suit Against Wal-Mart

Supreme Court Preview: Wal-Mart v. Dukes, Women and ‘The Wal-Mart Way’ (VIDEO)

Confirmation Update: Elena Kagan and the Politics of Supreme Court Nominations

Elena Kagan’s Rocky Ride

Next for the Supremes: My Ideal Supreme Court Candidate

Why Justice Sotomayor Made me Cry

Congratulations, Justice Sotomayor!

Supreme Court Buzz, Part 3: Obama Completes Sonia Sotomayor’s Ascent From a Life of Struggle

Supreme Court Buzz, Part Two: While You’re in The Neighborhood, Please Stop By

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