Miers silent on abortion stance in meetings with Senate leaders
US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers Tuesday will turn in her responses to a Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire devised to reveal how she might rule on cases brought before the Supreme...
FDA accused of political posturing in morning-after pill controversy
Susan Wood, former director of the US Food and Drug Administration's Department of Womens Health said Monday that the FDAs refusal earlier this year to consider over-the-counter sales of Plan B , also known as the...
BREAKING NEWS ~ Supreme Court lifts stay in Missouri abortion case
The US Supreme Court Monday lifted a temporary stay issued late Friday that blocked a lower court order allowing prison officials in Missouri to transport a pregnant inmate to a medical facility for an abortion....
High court nominee Miers to respond to criticism in Senate questionnaire
US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers will offer her first rebuttal to concerns over her qualifications Monday in answers to a Senate questionnaire on several topics, including judicial activism. White House...
US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas issued a temporary stay late Friday blocking a lower federal court order allowing prison officials in Missouri to transport a pregnant inmate to a medical facility for an abortion. A...
States brief ~ NY appeals court rules civil union partner has no standing to sue hospital
Leading Thursday's states brief, a New York appeals court ruled today that a member of a Vermont civil union has no standing to sue a Manhattan hospital for malpractice in the death of his partner. In finding...
In Praise of Treachery: The Relevance of Prior Judicial Experience
JURIST Guest Columnist Robert Schapiro of Emory University School of Law says that lacking judicial experience, White House counsel Harriet Miers may find it difficult to demonstrate the independence from executive power appropriate for a Supreme Court justice... Amid the...
States brief ~ MO constitutional amendment proposed to protect stem cell research
Leading Tuesday's states brief, a coalition including medical professionals from the University of Missouri and Washington University, the American Diabetes Association and the Parkinson's Action Network proposed a Missouri constitutional amendment that would specify that stem cell...
Miers to face questioning on abortion views, qualifications for Supreme Court
US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers is likely to face intense questioning from both parties on her views on privacy rights and her qualifications for the job, Sen. Arlen Specter , chairman of...
Bush confident on Miers confirmation despite conservative concerns
President Bush Friday expressed confidence that US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers will be confirmed as a justice, despite Republican senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) saying she will have to get past the "Souter factor" with...
