Congress, Politics, Books
and American History

In part two of the two part oral argument in “Jane Roe, et al v. Henry Wade,” hear the historic case that launched the legal battle on abortion and the right to privacy. Norma McCorvey hired attorneys Linda Coffee and Sarah Weddington to file a suit under the alias Jane Roe so she could obtain an abortion. The defendant in the case was Dallas County District Attorney Henry Wade.

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The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare holds a briefing on the release of a report on women and social security. The organization, along with two other seniors’ and women’s organizations, examined the challenges facing America’s elderly women and provide proposals to modernize benefits.  

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The Vice President addressed the national conference of the YWCA in Washington. 

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Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was nominated by President Reagan in 1981, and served on the Court for twenty four years before retiring in 2006.  Recently she and three current U.S. Justices - Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan -shared stories of the confirmation process and their time on the Court, and talked about how life and work, especially for women, has changed over thirty years.  The Supreme Court Historical Society and the Freedom Forum co-hosted this event.

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Friday, the Supreme Court released audio from Wednesday's oral argument in Arizona v. U.S., an immigration case that pits Arizona’s state powers against the federal government.

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Democratic Leader Pelosi (D-CA) and House Democratic women held a press briefing to focus on the Boehner student-loan and the VAWA bill.

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Author and University of Pennsylvania history professor Stephanie McCurry speaks about her book, “Confederate Reckoning: Power and Politics in the Civil War South.” She says the South sowed the seeds of its demise in creating a regime that excluded white women and slaves, who together comprised a majority of the population. 

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A look at the record of Attorney General Eric Holder and a keynote speech from the lawyer who argued against "Obamacare" before the Supreme Court round out this year's conference on "Restoring a Government of Laws."

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On April 25, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the oral argument in “Arizona v. United States”— a high-profile case about the constitutionality of state laws that control the work and movement of undocumented immigrants living within the state.

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On April 17, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the oral argument in “Dorsey and Hill v. United States”—a consolidated case about the application of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 to all those sentenced after the law was enacted.

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