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In the wake of the successful pushback against the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure’s decision to defund Planned Parenthood, the Obama administration should listen to the majority of Americans: The United States, including Catholics, is strongly pro-choice.
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
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Headlines
- Obama Nominates Sotomayor for Supreme Court
- GOP Sen.: Nominee Could Be Influenced by "Race, Gender"
- California Supreme Court Upholds Gay Marriage Ban
- Army Chief: US Could Remain in Iraq for 10 Years
- Group: Gitmo Prisoner Was Likely 12 When Jailed
- Montana Town Offers to Jail Gitmo Prisoners
- Around 30 Killed in Pakistan Bombing
- 168 Killed as Cyclone Hits India, Bangladesh
- UN Officials Calls for Sri Lanka War Crimes Probe
- Pro-Ethanol Dems Threaten Climate Bill
- Burris Pledged to Donate Money While Seeking Senate Appointment
- Report: Paul Farmer in Talks for Top Aid Post
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Obama Nominee Sonia Sotomayor Poised to Become First Hispanic Supreme Court Justice
President Obama has nominated federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, putting her in line to become the country’s first Hispanic justice. The fifty-four-year-old Sotomayor is the daughter of Puerto Rican parents who raised her in a public housing project in the Bronx. We host a roundtable with Marjorie Cohn of the National Lawyers Guild; attorney and SCOTUS Blog founder Tom Goldstein; Cesar Perales, general counsel of Latino Justice; and Juan Manuel Garcia-Passalacqua, an independent political analyst who knows Sotomayor personally. [includes rush transcript]
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Gay Marriage Advocates Likely to Seek Another Ballot Vote After California Supreme Court Upholds Prop 8
Thousands have taken to the streets in California and states across the country after Tuesday’s decision by the California Supreme Court upholding Proposition 8, a ballot measure that bans gay marriage. The court’s decision does preserve the 18,000 same-sex marriages that took place last year during the few months that gay marriage was legal in California. We get reaction from Bryan Wildenthal, the first openly gay law professor at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law. He married his partner last year. [includes rush transcript]
