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Senate Confirms Kagan for U.S. Supreme Court

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

August 5, 2010 - 4:32pm

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Elena Kagan has been confirmed by the Senate as our next Supreme Court Justice.


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Roundup: Kagan Debate, and New Jersey Republicans Flip-Flop On Family Planning

By Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

August 4, 2010 - 10:19am

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The debate over Elena Kagan's Supreme Court nomination begins, and New Jersey Republicans who voted for family planning funding are now refusing to override the governor's veto.


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Roundup: Kagan Passes Committee, Conservatives Get a Little Crazy

By Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

July 21, 2010 - 10:01am

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Elena Kagan is one step closer to being a Supreme Court Justice, and the anti-choice movement is starting to foam at the mouth.


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What the Recent Supreme Court Ruling on Guns Means for Domestic Violence Victims

Reader diary posted by Next Door Solutions, Next Door Solutions

July 14, 2010 - 1:09pm

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Approximately 80 Americans die from guns EVERY DAY. And EVERY DAY 3 to 4 of these people are women shot and killed by current or former husbands or boyfriends. While the Supreme Court still upholds the laws that prohibit gun ownership to the men that kill these women, there are those who believe that a woman’s life is not as important as her abuser’s access to the gun that can take her life.


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Wars On Moms, Supreme Court Nominees, and Tanning Beds

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

July 11, 2010 - 9:00pm

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Sharon Lerner talks about the war on moms. Also, that's probably it for the Elena Kagan hearings, and we learned nothing. Health care reform starts actually happening, in tiny, tiny steps.


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On the Fourth Day...Still Talkin' Gays, Guns, and Abortion

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

July 1, 2010 - 10:05pm

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The fourth day of the Kagan hearings included - once again, guns, gays, abortion, and let me throw in judicial activism, because what's a Supreme Court Justice hearing without cries of "judicial activism" after all?


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Weekly Pulse: Kagan Hearings: Gags, God, Guns, and Gays

By Lindsay Beyerstein, RH Reality Check

June 30, 2010 - 12:54pm

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Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings kicked off on Monday, and her nomination has been met by glum resignation on the left and indifference on the right.


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Roundup: Anti-Choice Attack Kagan, Hone Knives For Their Real Battle

By Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

June 24, 2010 - 7:00am

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Kagan is in the cross-fire of the anti-choice crowd; and the argument over feminism continues.


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Doctors Who Want To Provide Abortion But Can't

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

June 13, 2010 - 5:57pm

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Lori Freedman explains why many doctors would like to perform abortions, but find that they can't. Also, the crawl of opposition to Elena Kagan, and how women can be punished for being too beautiful or not beautiful enough.


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Roundup: Getting To Know Kagan

By Robin Marty, RH Reality Check

June 7, 2010 - 10:18am

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Everyone claims she's an enigma in a dowdy suit, but after this weekend, maybe we know the Supreme Court nominee a little better.


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