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What You Should Know About Abortion on the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
In just a few days, we will mark the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that ruled that our Constitutional right to privacy under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment extends to a …
Continue reading...What Obamacare Means for One Mom
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
The Affordable Care Act has been upheld by the Supreme Court, even though there was considerable media confusion about that at first. When the first reports came out when the decision was handed down, emotions ran high all across the …
Continue reading...Supreme Court and “Obamacare”: A Win/Win for American Families
Thursday, June 28, 2012
American families across the country are breathing a major sigh of relief. The Supreme Court has ruled that the Affordable Care Act (otherwise known as “Obamacare“) is constitutional and that Congress was within its power to mandate that Americans …
Continue reading...Arizona Immigration and the Supreme Court: Not Really Good News
Monday, June 25, 2012
The Supreme Court surprised me this morning by ruling that Arizona lawmakers had overstepped their bounds when trying to pass immigration legislation known as SB 1070, reinforcing that the Constitution provides that immigrations laws are only to be …
Continue reading...Supreme Court Tells Women to Shut Up and Go Home — Again
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
The Supreme Court has told one and a half million women who work at Wal-mart, in essence, be grateful you have jobs even if you make less money and get promoted less than men. Now, shut up and go home.…
Continue reading...Political Word Games
Monday, June 20, 2011
A couple of weeks ago, I had a great time meeting and being interviewed by Kelly Wallace, iVillage’s Chief Correspondent, in connection with the release of my new book, Mothers of Intention: How Women and Social Media are Revolutionizing …
Continue reading...Supreme Court Tells Raped Cheerleader to Go Home
Thursday, May 5, 2011
The Supreme Court of the United States just told a sexually assaulted high school girl to shut up and go home. They didn’t say it in those words exactly, but that was the effect of the high court’s decision not …
Continue reading...Can the Women of the Supreme Court Help the Women of Wal-Mart?
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
A couple of months ago, I wondered what would happen for about 1.5 million women when the Supreme Court got its hands on the class-action, gender-discrimination lawsuit against corporate giant Wal-Mart. That’s the approximate number of plaintiffs in the case …
Continue reading...Where to Start in the New Year?
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
The holidays have come and gone. School is back in session. We’re all back at our work desks, ready to dig into whatever 2011 is going to bring, right? I know that’s how I should be feeling, but I can’t …
Continue reading...PunditMom’s Got a New Gig!!
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Where have I been the last couple of days? Working on some writing for my exciting new gig at Politics Daily and Woman Up! Check out all the fabulous women who are writing there. Hey, cable guys — you say …
Continue reading...Is 20 Years Too Long to Wait for a Smack-down Between Anita Hill and Virginia Thomas?
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Twenty years is a long time to hold a grudge. Not that something like that is beyond me — tick me off in just the right way, and I can carry that grudge until it gets good and heavy! But …
Continue reading...Has the Supreme Court Met Its Match in Fred Phelps?
Thursday, October 7, 2010
I may be a member of the Supreme Court Bar, but I would not have wanted to be one of the nine justices at the Supreme Court for the arguments in the case between Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist …
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