Leah Ward Sears

With David Souter retiring this summer, President Barack Obama will have his first opportunity to choose a Supreme Court judge. ABC’s George Stephanopoulous said on “Good Morning America” Friday morning the president is expected to choose a woman. ABC News, The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and many others now report Leah Ward Sears is on the President's "short list" of possible nominees. She certainly fits the profile covering all of the demographics. The pundits are calling for a female, we'll Cosby Kids are going to take it step further and ask for a Black Female, creating a diverse bench, ... Read Full Story

Georgia Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears, considered a potential nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, has drawn criticism from gay rights groups after announcing plans to join a think tank whose founder is an outspoken opponent of gay marriage. Sears, the nation's first black female chief justice of a state supreme court, announced this week she will join the New York-based Institute for American Values when she retires June 30. She has declined to address speculation about a possible nomination to succeed retiring Justice David Souter, who will leave the Supreme Court when it ends its current session in June. Sears has appeared on ... Read Full Story

The path to the Supreme Court is littered with obstacles that can trip up even the most politically nimble nominee. Some of President Barack Obama's possible picks may stumble on their own words. Like defendants on trial, anything these prospective justices have said or done may be used against them by special interests hoping to influence the high court's makeup. Conservatives and liberals, businesses and trial lawyers, gun enthusiasts and gun-control activists, abortion opponents and abortion-rights supporters have a keen interest in a nominee's paper trail of rulings and legal arguments. The Supreme Court selection process is expected to be intense, even though the ... Read Full Story

According to the census, Latinos account for 10 percent of DeKalb County’s population, which by 2008 had grown to 739,956. I went looking for this information after President Barack Obama nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor for a s eat on the U.S. Supreme Court. There are no Latinos now, nor have there ever been any, on the Supreme Court of Georgia or on the Georgia Court of Appeals. But this may be the year for that to change. Gov. Sonny Perdue must appoint someone to fill the Supreme Court seat soon to be vacated by Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears. Perhaps a Latino will make ... Read Full Story

L eah Ward Sears, chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, has been mentioned as a possible U.S. Supreme Court replacement for Justice David Souter. Sears became the nation’s first African-American woman to preside over a state Supreme Court in 2005. The Washington Post has written an interesting story — http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/09/AR2009050902519.html?wprss=rss_print — on her friendship with Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, whom civil rights activists have accused of failing to represent African-Americans interests. Should that friendship be a factor in deciding whether Sears should be nominated? posted in Shared by Keith Graham Leave A Comment ©2009 Like the Dew . All Rights Reserved.Individual posting ... Read Full Story