Michelle Obama #39;Outraged #39; Over Kidnappings
First Lady Michelle Obama says she and the US president are "outraged and heartbroken" over the kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls in Nigeria. Mrs Obama, taking the rare step of delivering her husband #39;s...
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Michael Boggs is facing opposition to his nomination to a U.S. district court over his record while in the Georgia State Assembly.Reuters/GaAppeals.us
An Obama judicial nominee is facing some fierce opposition from an unlikely source: more than two dozen liberal groups and two Democratic congressmen from his home state.
Michael Boggs, a judge for the Court of Appeals of Georgia and a former state representative, was nominated in January for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about his nomination is scheduled for Tuesday.
However, Boggs nomination is coming under fire over some of the bills he sponsored and voted for while serving in the Georgia General Assembly, mainly because his votes reflect more socially conservative views on abortion and gay rights, despite the fact he served as a Democrat.
Among the bills he co-sponsored was one in 2003 to establish a Choose Life adoption support program to encourage women to consider adoption over abortion. The bill would have established a Choose Life license plate to fund the program. Another bill Boggs co-sponsored that year would have tightened restrictions on minors seeking abortions.
These bills drew the ire of NARAL Pro-Choice America, which in a petition on its website calls Boggs dangerous for women and urges supporters to tell their senators to oppose his nomination.
We're disappointed that pro-choice President Obama nominated someone who doesn't share our pro-choice values, it reads. We agree with the president on a lot of things, but not this pick.
However, Kelsey Hazzard, the head of Secular Pro-Life, criticized NARAL Pro-Choice Americas's efforts in an article for pro-life website Life News, saying it is clear the pro-choice movement is attempting to maintain its grip on the Democratic party.
"NARAL is willing to spend a good deal of money to send a message to Obama: maintain your partys pro-abortion ideological purity, or suffer the consequences," she said.
Hazzard also criticized the head of the group, Ilyse Hogue for accusing Boggs of being "anti-American" because his voting record.
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Obama Administration Releases Disturbing Photo of Obama Depicting Him as a King
Obama Administration Releases Disturbing Photo of Obama Depicting Him as a King!!! FAIR USE NOTICE: This video may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for educational...
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President Obama visits Bay Area, San Jose Wal Mart
President Obama made the trip to the Bay Area and was scheduled to visit a Wal Mart in San Jose to discuss how homes and businesses can become environmentally friendly and increase their bottom...
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Raw: Obama to Heckler, #39;I Love You Back! #39;
A heckler interrupted President Obama during the end of a speech to the Democratic National Committee in San Jose, California on Thursday night. (May 8)
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