Word: souter
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...fact, the Court judges pregnancy-related "rights" only once in this ruling. The majority opinion, signed by Justices O'Connor and Souter among others, veers surprisingly close to an implicit support of a woman's right to choose whether or not to bear a fetus to term...
...unless they proclaim themselves vehemently, lesbians generally remain overlooked. While two men living together typically occasion comment, women living together don't. Simply being unmarried and of mature years can subject a man to scrutiny about his sexual preference -- it happened to David Souter after his nomination to the Supreme Court -- but an "old maid" more often faces just pity or condescension. Although most social scientists have rejected the view that homosexuality is far less common among women than men, the idea persists in the public at large. When homosexuals are discussed in the media, men are almost always...
...advanced concrete proposals from the planning to legislative stages. Honored for service in Vietnam, Kerry has made important contributions to peace in Central America through his work on the Foreign Relations Committee. Most recently, Kerry backed the 1990 Civil Rights Bill and opposed the nomination of Justice David H. Souter '61 on grounds of civil and women's rights...
...difference is not clear yet, allow me to elaborate. The Harvard-Radcliffe Democrats were the group that who smugly began a letter to Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter '62 (then a nominee) supporting abortion rights as "We intellectuals of Harvard University..." (emphasis added...
Along with a barrage of media attention, Souter faces several immediate housekeeping tasks. First is the hiring of a secretary and four legal clerks to help sift through the mounds of paperwork and petitions that are every Justice's lot. His clerks will have a say in which cases the court will hear and, along with their fellow clerks, are the only individuals who can openly argue the merits of pending cases with the Justices. Souter will probably bring at least one clerk with him from New Hampshire and will soon begin interviewing the flood of candidates clamoring...