Joan Hollinger Explains Ramifications of Medical Rights Case

Washington Post, June 19, by Ashley Surdin
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/18/AR2008061802913_pf.html

Unlike instances in which doctors refuse to perform abortions, this case is unusual in that doctors are seemingly denying services to a select group of patients, said Joan Hollinger…. “The case raises a whole series of questions about the basis for which people can be denied medical treatment, particularly the extent to which gays or lesbians could be denied access to reproductive technology.”

Jesse Choper Responds to Senator Leahy’s Criticism of Supreme Court

UPI, June 11
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/06/11/Leahy_criticizes_Supreme_Court_rulings/UPI-61461213231898/

Professor Jesse Choper said there is “some basis” for Leahy’s remarks. Since U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor retired in 2005 and Samuel Alito was appointed, there has been a tendency on the court to be more “conservative” in their rulings, Choper said. Whether it’s for good or ill that the high court has been ruling on the side of businesses is “in the eye of the beholder,” he said.