Posts Tagged sotomayor

By Alexandra Brodsky • 10 years ago

SCOTUS recognizes expansive definition of domestic violence

It’s been a rough year at the Supreme Court for feminists. The Justices curtailed voting rights; Baby Veronica was separated from her father; the Hobby Lobby contraceptive mandate arguments on Tuesday didn’t seem to go our way. But a distinctly feminist decision on domestic violence (DV) law, written by Justice Sotomayor and issued on Wednesday, should restore a little of our faith.

In United States v. Castleman, the Court unanimously held that a man convicted of misdemeanor domestic assault was prohibited by federal law from owning a firearm.

It’s been a rough year at the Supreme Court for feminists. The Justices curtailed voting rights; Baby Veronica was separated from her father; the Hobby Lobby contraceptive mandate arguments on ...
By Alexandra Brodsky • 11 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Only sluts straddle motorbikes, amirite?

Forty years of Roe and we’ve never been so scared.

Justice Sotomayor will be the first Latina to swear in a president.

Wronging Rights asks: “What if we responded to sexual assault by limiting men’s freedom like we limit women’s?”

(Trigger warning) The Guardian‘s Suzanne Moore leaves Twitter after revealing her transphobia.

Maureen Dowd apparently doesn’t remember her own columns.

Miss America is a Brooklynite. Burn your hippest bras.

Fourteen ways Obama can push for gun control without Congress.

Only sluts straddle motorbikes, amirite?

Forty years of Roe and we’ve never been so scared.

Justice Sotomayor will be the first Latina to swear in a president.

Wronging Rights asks: “What if we responded to sexual ...