Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Karen O'Connor featured in Washington Post interview



Karen O'Connor, J.D./Ph.D, Founder and Director of the Women & Politics Institute, is featured in a Washington Post video interview on President Obama's Supreme Court nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
In the video, Professor O'Connor gives her reaction to the President's nomination of Judge Sotomayor, who, if confirmed, will be the first Hispanic and only the third woman to serve on the Court. Professor O'Connor is a nationally recognized scholar and expert on the impact of women on the Supreme Court. She has published widely and in numerous journals about the impact of Justices O'Connor and Ginsburg on the court's decisions.