Confirmation Hearing

Learning on the Job

Gary Hart | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gary Hart

Retiring Justice Stevens, whose views on both abortion and capital punishment shifted during his lengthy service, exemplifies an increasingly rare type of public servant: one who is willing to change.

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Sotomayor and the Fundamentals of Diversity and Affirmative Action

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

In the story of creation in Genesis we see that the image of God is best reflected not through sameness, but through the breadth that exists within the grand diversity of creation.

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Umpires, Perspective, and the Supreme Court

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

The claim that any human is able to remain unaffected by their background or have a purely objective view of any case is to claim a quality that belongs only to God: omniscience.

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Rick Sanchez Meets With The 'Wisest Of All Latina Women' (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.04.2011

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On the third day of Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearing, the 'Wise Latina' meme pressed on. On CNN, Rick Sanchez even went to talk to some o...

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Norma McCorvey, "Jane Roe," Arrested At Sotomayor Hearing

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The plaintiff in the landmark abortion-rights case Roe v. Wade, who became an abortion protester in recent years, was among four de...

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