Push is on for First Gay Justice On Supreme Court
May 5, 2009 by admin
Filed under Stories Of Interest
Gay and lesbian organizations are encouraging President Obama to nominate the country’s first gay justice to the U.S. Supreme Court — a move one conservative watchdog group lambasts as “identity politics gone wild.”
In an article titled “Out lesbian a contender for Supreme Court nomination,” GayPolitics.com suggests Stanford Law professor Kathleen Sullivan is a top candidate for the job.
Sullivan, a former dean of the university’s law school, is founder and director of the Stanford Constitutional Law Center, which hosts conferences and lectures.
The Law Center’s Web site states that it places a special emphasis on “individuals’ speech and privacy rights and the structural separation of powers within our system of government.”
Sullivan has filed several briefs with appeals courts in gay-rights cases.
Another gay Stanford law professor, Pam Karlan, is also being mentioned, Politico.com reports.
