Judicial Nominations Awareness: Latinas for Justice

Over the last decade, the Supreme Court has been deeply divided on a number of issues that are important to Latinas, including abortion and affirmative action. Sometimes, a new Supreme Court Justice could tip the balance of the Court and have the effect of either drastically limiting the rights of Latinas or helping to expand them. The Supreme Court is very powerful, and because of lifetime terms for Supreme Court Justices, vacancies are rare. When there is a vacancy on the Supreme Court, Latinas must mobilize and organize.