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Empathy: The Newest, Meanest, Most Vicious of Enemies

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

May 31, 2009 - 10:11pm

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Sotomayor's SCOTUS nomination kicks of the insanity. Plenty of sexy fun, with an interview with Professor Foxy and Mary Roach's orgasm review.

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Supreme Court Reverses Ricci Decision; Finds White Firefighters Unfairly Denied Promotion

By Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check

June 29, 2009 - 9:08am

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The Supreme Court has reversed the Second Circuit ruling in Ricci vs. DeStefano, the case in which white firefighters have argued that they had been discriminated against when a promotional exam on which no African-American firefighters scored highly enough to be promoted was discarded.

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Supreme Court Rules Strip Search of Female High School Student Illegal

By Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check

June 25, 2009 - 11:50am

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File this under "Phew": the Supreme Court ruled today that the strip search of an Arizona high school student was unconstitutional.

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Roe Protects the Full Range of Pregnant Women's Rights

By Rachel Roth, RH Reality Check

June 23, 2009 - 8:00am

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Will the Senate Judiciary Committee ask Sotomayor about her position on Roe's role in protecting all the rights of pregnant women?

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Mean - Or Just Tough and Smart? Nina Totenberg Offers the Final Word on Sotomayor's "Temperament"

By Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check

June 15, 2009 - 9:31am

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NPR's Nina Totenberg gives what should be the final word on Sonia Sotomayor's supposed "temperament" troubles.

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Sotomayor, Race and Gender: An Abortion Debate by Proxy

By Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check

June 12, 2009 - 8:00am

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Charges that racism and sexism might influence Judge Sotomayor's decision-making are a proxy for the far right's concerns about her positions on choice, discrimination, and immigration rights.

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Roundup: Should Abortion Rights Groups Be Reassured on Sotomayor?

By Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check

May 29, 2009 - 10:28am

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Obama, Sotomayor agree on "unenumerated rights;" British health department fights releasing details of late-term abortions publicly.

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Spinning the Sotomayor Abortion Debate in the NYT

Reader diary posted by Julie Hollar, FAIR

May 28, 2009 - 4:36pm

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In her reader diary, Julie Hollar writes, The New York Times demonstrates how not to report on reproductive rights groups' reaction to the Sotomayor nomination: by going to anti-choice activists to frame the story.

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Roundup: Where Does Sotomayor Stand on Abortion Rights?

By Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check

May 28, 2009 - 12:29pm

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Where does Sotomayor stand on abortion rights?; Oklahoma bans sex-selective abortions.

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Weekly Pulse: Sotomayor an Enigma on Abortion?

By Lindsay E. Beyerstein, The Media Consortium

May 28, 2009 - 7:00am

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Early reactions to Sonia Sotomayor try to gauge her position on abortion rights.

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