Elena Kagan was confirmed to the Supreme Court today by a 63/37 vote in the United States Senate. It makes her the 4th woman in history to serve on the Court and, joining Associate Justices Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Sonia Sotomayor, brings the ratio of women on the current court up to a third. Now, [...]
Jessica Rettig makes the point that women candidates, by simply being women may gain advantages this election cycle. In this year of beltway discontent, women candidates and incumbents of both parties are viewed more as outsiders than their male counterparts. Read the article here.
Are all conservative female candidates anti-feminist? Do they all swim in Sarah Palin’s ideological stream? Kathryn Jean Lopez makes a case for the natural evolution of 21st century conservative women candidates in a post for the National Review. Click here to read the article.
