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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.…

Political Word Games

Monday, June 20, 2011

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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 …

Supreme Court Tells Raped Cheerleader to Go Home

Thursday, May 5, 2011

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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 …

Can the Women of the Supreme Court Help the Women of Wal-Mart?

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

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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 …

Where to Start in the New Year?

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

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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 …

PunditMom’s Got a New Gig!!

Thursday, December 9, 2010

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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 …

Is 20 Years Too Long to Wait for a Smack-down Between Anita Hill and Virginia Thomas?

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

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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 …

Has the Supreme Court Met Its Match in Fred Phelps?

Thursday, October 7, 2010

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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 …

Things That Made Me Mad This Week

Friday, September 24, 2010

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Sometimes, there are just too many things to write about and just not enough time in the day! If I had unlimited resources, I’d be writing more about these stories that really got my goat this week: Supreme Court Justice …

All Eyes on the Supreme Court

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

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It looks like it’s all SCOTUS all the time this summer — Justice John Paul Stevens is going, Solicitor General Elena Kagan is (most likely) joining, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is grieving, the Senate is attacking …

What Not to Wear — Elena Kagan Edition?

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

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I’m a little sad that Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan and her White House handlers appear to have given in to the running media ‘Kagan is a fashion frump/is she a lesbian’ fascination. This is what Kagan looked …