She would be the first mother of school-aged children to serve on the Supreme Court.After graduating from law school, she served as a law clerk to Judge Laurence Silberman and as a clerk to Associate Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States. During both clerkships, she was the only female law clerk.She then practiced law for three years in DC.She taught federal courts, constitutional law, and statutory interpretation at Notre Dame Law School and she has been published in ... continue reading...
What is true women’s empowerment?
For some reason, women's empowerment has taken a turn. When Cardi B's songs "Twerk" and "WAP" (If you don't know what WAP stands for...I'm gonna let you look that up yourself) are #1 songs in the world, something is backward. For some reason, our culture has taken to glorifying women like Cardi B who have lyrics that are so vile I feel like my ears and eyes need to be washed out when I'm done reading them (again, I'll leave it up to you to look that up). I give Cardi B some grace because I ... continue reading...
September is National Literacy Month!
Hey! Here's a non-controversial post we can all get on board with! September is National Literacy Month, and libraries hold a very special place in my heart. Check out this month's video to see why the local library pretty much saved my life when I was a child. While COVID has hindered some library services in Placer, there's still a lot going on! Placer County libraries' virtual programming push begins at the end of September to coincide with the official start of Fall and will include ... continue reading...
My message to Newsom: Nope.
After ridiculously going on and off the watchlist, changing the metrics and moving the goalposts, Gavin Newsom has failed in his Covid response. Here are my thoughts on what to do now. ... continue reading...
