Future of the Court Seminar
Please join NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri for a special seminar on the future of the Supreme Court. Pamela Sumners*, NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri’s new Executive Director and a constitutional lawyer will share her insight on the nomination of Judge John Roberts’ to fill the vacancy created by Sandra Day O’Connor’s retirement.
What: Seminar on the Future of the Supreme Court, featuring Pamela Sumners*
Judge John Roberts has written that Roe was wrongly decided and should be overturned. This poses serious concerns about the future of women’s reproductive rights in our country.
When: Thursday, August 4th 7PM
Where: Central Reform Congregation (5020 Waterman at Kingshighway, St. Louis)
Refreshments will be provided.
RSVP: Angie Postal, 314.531.8616 or angie.postal@prochoicemissouri.org
*Pamela Sumners is an attorney who has served as the Director of Gay and Lesbian Rights/AIDS and Civil Liberties Projects for the ACLU of Illinois. Prior to that, she had a private law practice in Birmingham, Alabama where she focused on constitutional and employment litigation. Among her many high-profile cases were a challenge to state court judge Roy Moore's posting of the Ten Commandments behind the judicial bench, a suit challenging Alabama's fourth statute allowing school-sponsored prayer in classrooms, and a suit to protect the religious liberty of the only four Jewish students in a rural school system. Sumners' constitutional law practice has included several Supreme Court cases.
Sumners graduated from Stephens College and earned an M.A. in political science from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. She served on the editorial board of the Virginia Law Review and graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law.
This event is hosted by the NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri St. Louis Choice Action Team
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