Forum (Forum & Focus)
Jan. 30, 2009
Running on Empathy
Obama appears to be the first president to identify empathy as a criterion for judicial appointments, writes Charles Halpern. - Forum Column
FORUM COLUMN
By Charles Halpern In July, in the midst of the primary campaign, President Obama spoke to a Planned Parenthood conference in the District of Columbia. After criticizing the Supreme Court's "concerted effort to steadily roll back" access to abortion, he turned his attention to the selection of judges. But he did not fall back on the old question of whether judges should be committed to a woman's right to choose abortion. He took the d...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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