Beverly Wettenstein

New York City-based journalist, national public speaker, media critic and woman

How many men and women are ready to commit to marriage at 21? Remember, the only time you can change a man is when he's in diapers. The Princeton mom's retro rhetoric is reminiscent of the "ring by spring" mandate for coeds to get engaged by graduation.

Robin Amos Kahn

Playwright, writer, speaker

Women are leading the way in so many areas, both on a world-wide stage and as community leaders. Here is a short list of list of women who are accomplishing great things.

Peter Dreier

E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics, Occidental College

Should the states decide whether black Americans can marry white Americans? In 1967, the nation's highest court knocked down state anti-miscegenation laws. Now the nation -- and the Supreme Court -- confronts a very similar situation, only this time the issue is same-sex marriage.

Donna P. Hall

President and CEO, Women Donors Network

From Fox to CNN to NPR to "The Colbert Report," media coverage of the hearings highlighted the incisive questioning of Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan

The Miami Hurricane

Student newspaper, University of Miami

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said, "What gives the federal government the right to be concerned at all about the definition of marriage?" Sotomayor is correct.

Paul Hogarth

Managing Editor, Beyond Chron

It is never wise to predict U.S. Supreme Court decisions on oral arguments, or else Obamacare would have been repealed. Based on the Justices' line of questioning, however, it appears that they will overrule Proposition 8 -- but on narrow grounds that will only affect California.

Sahar Aziz

Associate Professor of Law, Texas Wesleyan University School of Law

When Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a scathing rebuke of an assistant U.S. Attorney based in San Antonio, she opened the Supreme Court's door to a discussion many of us have been having for several years all across this country.

Marcia Y. Cantarella, Ph.D

President, Cantarella Consulting

Take the risk, find the allies, seek support. It works over and over. Try. Just do what Justice Sotomayor did.

Kathleen Reardon

Professor, USC Marshall School; Author, 'The Secret Handshake' and 'Comebacks At Work'

There are many roadblocks to women's success. But the truth is that anything worth having is worth fighting for and it's going to take a lot more scuffles before we can say this battle is won.

David Goodfriend

Co-host, "Left Jab" on Sirius XM Radio; CNBC Contributor

We can talk about race and class in America all we want but Justice Sotomayor describes better than any sociologist or politician just what a different planet you live on if you have education, power, and wealth. And what it feels like if you don't.

HuffPost Radio

Spitzer & Matalin discuss SOTU: Not bold (Nat'l Journal)? Liberal boilerplate (McConnell)? Or an historic bid to shrink inequality and leave a progressive legacy? Then: Given Rubio's flop sweat and cliches, is he old whine in a new bottle?

Dr. Sasha Galbraith

Author; Partner, Jay Galbraith Management Consultants

Sotomayor had two kernels of advice for us: "You have to be courageous in all that you do. You have to know when there's a time to fight." In other words, pick your moments and do it well.

Judge Frederic Block

Federal judge

What follows is an excerpt from Disrobed: An Inside Look at the Life and Work of a Federal Trial Judge, a book where I try to explain life on the bench and the unknown parts of our legal system.

Graciela Tiscareno-Sato

Chief Creative Officer, Gracefully Global Group LLC & Author of "Latinnovating"

We must openly speak of our achievements. "To succeed in this world, you have to be known to people," Justice Sotomayor reminds us. We must step up the leadership and mentorship action. Through the ELLA Institute-Latina Leadership Network we are doing that.

Madeleine M. Kunin

First Female Governor of Vermont; Marsh Scholar, University of Vermont

They say speeches don't create change. THEY are wrong. Barack Obama's inaugural address lifted up a nation that has been downcast, instead of looking up at the one sky above us.

Laura Lee Carter

Midlife researcher, author, psychotherapist

When I ran into my own life crisis around age 49 -- a divorce and losing my job for the first time ever -- I took the time to sit and consider what I wanted more of in life. I decided I wanted more fun and meaning, but I did not realize at the time how much courage these goals would require.