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Palin Supreme Court pick: 2nd woman, former Planned Parenthood board member
The Moderate Voice —
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has selected Judge Morgan Christen to become an Alaska Supreme Court justive, the second woman ever named to that bench.
From the Alaska Daily News (read the entire article, there’s a lot of detail in it):
Gov. Sarah Palin on Wednesday picked an Anchorage judge to fill the latest vacancy on the Alaska Supreme Court despite efforts by a conservative Christian group to convince her to do otherwise.
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“Alaska’s Supreme Court bears the awesome responsibility of ensuring ...
Sarah Palin Picks A Woman, Former Planned Parenthood Board Member, for High Court
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
Yes! Sarah Palin chose a woman to fill the latest vacancy on the Alaska Supreme Court despite considerable pressure by the right-wing Alaska Family Council to do otherwise. The right-wing group emailed thousands of Alaskans, urging them to pressure Governor Palin to choose Judge Morgan Christen's male opponent. Anchorage Superior Court Judge Morgan Christen is only the second woman ever named to the Alaska High Court. To make matters even more interesting, Judge Christen was on the board of Planned Parenthood in the 1990s. And ...
Mandatory Retirement for Judges
PoliGazette —
... Sarah Palin just appointed 47-year-old Morgan Christen to Alaska’s Supreme Court. Christen will have the opportunity to serve up to 23 years in her new position because of Alaska’s mandatory retirement age for judges kicks in at 70. ...
Sarah Palin, The Smartest Republican?
Newshoggers.com —
... Commentary By Ron Beasley
Sarah Palin had a rough introduction to prime time politics - she wasn't ready for prime time. But she has taken a sabbatical from the front and center politics - one can only hope she is brushing up on geography etc. She has made some smart moves. She stayed away from CPAC, AKA the Rush Limbaugh Woodstock. Now it appears she has given the proverbial finger to the 16th century Bible thumpers.
Palin bucks pressure in Supreme Court appointment
SCRUTINY: Selection went against push ...
Inexcusable
Southern Appeal —
Giving the bayonet to the “dictatorship of relativism” since 2002 March 6, 2009 Inexcusable Filed under: Palin By Feddie ( Email ) @ 12:59 pm I am done with Sarah Palin . PermaLink | | Trackback/Pingback (0) Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Name Mail (will not be published) Website SDIFS Search SA Premium BlogAds Ads Patron Saint Judge William Pryor WSJ Pages About Blog Awards Bloggers Blogspot Archive Disclaimer Feddie stuff Kudos and ...
Heartache: Palin appoints former Planned Parenthood board member to Supreme Court
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... neither option was great but of the two, it would appear that Palin may have picked the more liberal of the two, at least according to Alaska Family Council’s Jim Minnery. Minnery wrote Palin in support of the other candidate, Judge Eric Smith saying Smith was “more conservative” and that Christen would be “another activist on the Court.” This would not seem to be good news for those who love Sarah. There’s one thing conservatives take seriously - and that’s judges. And the ADN explains that Palin has issues with both: Aides to the governor wouldn’t answer questions about ...
