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When it comes to judicial nominations, it often feels like we’re in a time warp – and not in a good way.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, the second-most important federal court in the country, has not been fully staffed in over a few years. This court hears some of the most complicated cases, from vital national security challenges to reviews of federal regulatory agencies, and the court is hearing them without a full slate of judges. Nominees to fill the vacant seats – including three well-qualified female jurists – have been obstructed at nearly every turn.

What’s worse is that one of those female nominees is being attacked with accusations that quite frankly sound like something out of the 1950s or 1960s. Georgetown Law Professor Cornelia “Nina” Pillard is a “scary feminist,” a “radical feminist,” they’re saying.

Pillard’s detractors are wrong. Their comments are offensive, and U.S. senators should know better than to fall for hyped-up, false attacks on a nominee’s gender. Urge your senators to support Pillard’s nomination when it comes up for a vote this week .

Pillard has a distinguished career of working with lawyers on both sides of the aisle. She has argued nine cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, and is best known for her argument that convinced a nearly unanimous Supreme Court to open the Virginia Military Institute to women. She worked alongside Bush administration attorneys to successfully defend the Family and Medical Leave Act in the courts. She has consistently opposed government policies that treat men and women differently based on outmoded stereotypes that harm both sexes.

When the Senate adjusted its rules for considering judicial and executive nominations last month, it paved a path forward for the up-or-down confirmation vote that had previously been denied to Pillard. The Senate is expected to reconsider Pillard’s nomination this week, which gives your senators a chance to confirm this outstanding jurist who is uniquely qualified because of her work on AAUW priority issues.

Please, urge your senators to vote for Nina Pillard’s nomination to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. The seats on the D.C. Circuit Court have been empty for far too long, and Nina Pillard is exactly the right kind of person to seat on the bench.

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RE: Tell Republican leaders to denounce Rush Limbaugh!

03/02/2012 Nativegrl77

Thanks for signing the petition!

We want to put Republican Leaders on the record about non denouncing Rush Limbaugh.

Please forward the email below to 3 of your friends right now and encourage them to add their name to our petition at WWW.DCCC.ORG

You can also share the petition on Facebook and Twitter.

With your help, we can call out Speaker Boehner, Eric Cantor and the rest of the Republican leadership who have been silent on this issue.

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“What does it say about the college co-ed Susan Fluke [sic] who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex — what does that make her? It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute.” — Rush Limbaugh

We are absolutely repulsed right now.

Sandra Fluke, the courageous Georgetown Law student who had the strength to stand up in Congress against Republican attacks on birth control coverage, is now under attack from the right wing.

First, House Republicans refused to let Sandra testify. Now, they think they can shame us into silence.

Standing up for women’s health care does not make you a “slut” or a “prostitute.” We must send the strongest message possible that we will not stand for the Republican War on Women!

Sign our petition right now calling on Republican leaders to publicly denounce Rush Limbaugh’s cruel tirade against women >> WWW.DCCC.ORG

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Last Chance: Join an Online Event, with a Very Special Guest, about Women and the Constitution

11/16/2011 Nativegrl77


	Join a Very Special Live Webcast



	Register to join a live webcast discussion about the past and future of women’s legal rights under the Equal Protection Clause, with special guest Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Forty years ago, Reed v. Reed was the first case in which the Supreme Court applied the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution to strike down a law that discriminated on the basis of sex. Tomorrow, November 17, 2011 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Eastern, we’ll be marking this historic case with a special panel discussion about the past and future of women’s legal rights under the Equal Protection Clause, featuring special guest speaker Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Join the sponsors — American University Washington College of Law, George Washington University Law School, Georgetown University Law Center, Howard University School of Law, National Women’s Law Center, the University of the District of Columbia‘s David A. Clarke School of Law, and the Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia — for this special event.

Register today to join this fascinating panel discussion live via webcast, with special guest speaker Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

The panel will be moderated by NPR’s legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg and will include:

Jacqueline Berrien, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Earl Maltz, Professor at Rutgers University Law School, Camden
Emily Martin, Vice President and General Counsel, National Women’s Law Center
Nina Pillard, Professor at Georgetown Law University

Justice Ginsburg, who was the principal author of the brief on behalf of the plaintiff in Reed v. Reed, will give remarks.

We hope you’ll join this special, live webcast tomorrow, November 17, 2011 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Eastern.

Sincerely,

Emily J. Martin
Vice President and General Counsel
National Women’s Law Center

P.S. Want to ask panelists or Justice Ginsburg a question about women’s constitutional rights? Post a question on our Facebook page and watch the live webcast to see if it’s asked.

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Join National Women’s Law Center for an Online Event with a Very Special Guest

11/09/2011 Nativegrl77

Forty years ago and for the first time in the Fourteenth Amendment’s 103-year history, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that its Equal Protection Clause protected women’s rights.

To honor this landmark decision in Reed v. Reed and take stock of where constitutional protections for women stand today, the National Women’s Law Center will co-host a panel featuring special guest speaker Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Thursday, November 17, 2011 from 1:00 p.m. Eastern to 2:30 p.m. Eastern, entitled “Reed v. Reed at 40: Equal Protection and Women’s Rights.”

The esteemed panel will be moderated by NPR’s legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg and will include:Jacqueline Berrien, Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission:
— Marcia Greenberger, Co-President of the National Women’s Law Center
— Earl Maltz, Professor at Rutgers University Law School, Camden
— Nina Pillard, Professor at Georgetown Law University
— Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who was the principal author of the brief on behalf of the plaintiff in Reed v. Reed, will give concluding remarks.

Join the National Women’s Law Center and our co-sponsors — American University Washington College of Law, George Washington University Law School, Georgetown University Law Center, Howard University School of Law, the University of the District of Columbia’s David A. Clarke School of Law, and the Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia — for this special event.

Register to watch the live webcast of our panel “Reed v. Reed at 40: Equal Protection and Women’s Rights” on Thursday, November 17, 2011 from 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Eastern. WWW.NWLC.ORG

We hope you’ll join us for this exciting event.

Sincerely,

Emily J. Martin
Vice President and General Counsel
National Women’s Law Center

P.S. Want to participate in the event on social media? Follow us on Twitter or like us on Facebook and watch live updates. You can also follow the conversation at #reedvreed.