President Obama Appoints Domestic Violence Czar

Rosenthal appointed to advisor post in Obama White House

 By Doug Blackburn
DEMOCRAT senior WRITER, Tallahassee.com Domestic-violence prevention advocates in the Big Bend are championing the appointment of one of their own to a prominent position in the White House. Lynn Rosenthal, a former executive director of Refuge House as well as past director of Florida…

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Women’s Issues: A Supreme Court Victory for Victims of Domestic Violence

By Senator Sharon Grosfeld As states grapple with trying to find solutions to the problem of domestic violence, they have been aided most recently by a decision from the Supreme Court in the case of United States v. Hayes.    (See www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/08pdf/07-608.pdf). On February 24th, 2009, the highest court in the land reversed the decision of…

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