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Obama Empathy

Breaking the Gender-Merit Link

Nancy Hopkins | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

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Nancy Hopkins

When someone suggests gender diversity as an asset of a job candidate, the reply is often "Oh no, I'm only interested in merit." Yet name some other quality needed for the position, and the idea of merit is assumed, not questioned.

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Sam Stein

Specter Defends Empathy, Activism And Wise Latina-ism

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Arlen Specter, who just months ago was poised to lead the Republican opposition to President Obama's Supreme Court picks, is now, as a Democrat,...

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Indiana Governor: Empathy Can Revive Republican Party

AP | HENRY C. JACKSON | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, a potential 2012 presidential candidate, said Wednesday that his fellow Republicans need to work harder...

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Sam Stein

White House Talking Points On Sotomayor Don't Shy From Empathy

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

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Talking points distributed from the White House on the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court emphasize the president's commitment to find...

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Alberto Gonzales: Empathetic Judges "Dangerous"

Think Progress | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

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Following Supreme Court Justice David Souter's announcement that he planned to retire, conservatives have attacked and mocked President Obama's statem...

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Empathy for Society's Child

Don McNay | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

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Don McNay

I want someone on the United States Supreme Court who can look back at actions that were wrong, feel a sense of injustice and make amends, even if the act happened forty or fifty years ago.

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Sam Stein

Steele: Perez Hilton Is Obama's Kind Of "Empathetic Judge"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

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Michael Steele has made perhaps the most peculiar case yet against President Obama's criteria for choosing a Supreme Court nominee. It involves the qu...

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