Women In Politics

Judiciary panel OKs Elena Kagan for Supreme Court
Pushing toward an election-year Supreme Court confirmation vote, a polarized Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday approved Elena Kagan to bethe fourth female justice.

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Sen. Feinstein Questions Kagan On Abortion Views In Second Day Of Judiciary Comm. Hearings
Legal precedents dictate that abortion regulations protect women’s health and lives, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan said in her second day of hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, PBS’ “Newshour” reports (Ifill, “Newshour,” PBS, 6/29). The bulk of Tuesday’s session featured “friendly questions” from committee Democrats and “sharper grilling” from Republican senators on issues such …

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Limtiaco clears Senate Judiciary Committee
WASHINGTON, D.C. -Guam Delegate Madeleine Z. Bordallo announced yesterday that the Senate Judiciary Committee has favorably reported the nomination of Attorney General Alicia Limtiaco for U.S. Attorney for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.

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