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47 / 35 Family Life 1 Hindus celebrate peace, change, and a new life Rain likely. Business 8 NO CAKEWALK FOR BRONCOS >>> Boise State slogs through rain to top pesky UC-Davis on homecoming, SPORTS 1 SUNDAY $1.50 October 4, 2009 MagicValley.com Medical New term premiums and new could justice for still be a nation’s ‘heavy lift’ By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar high court Associated Press writer By Mark Sherman WASHINGTON — Associated Press writer Many middle-class Americans would still WASHINGTON — struggle to pay for health Justice David Souter never insurance despite efforts danced the salsa in public. by President Obama and Justice John Paul Stevens Democrats to make cov- doesn’t sing in karaoke erage more affordable. bars. And Chief Justice The legislation advanc- John Roberts hasn’t ing in Congress would thrown out the first pitch require all Americans to at Yankee Stadium. get insurance — through But that was yester- an employer, a govern- day’s Supreme Court. The ment program or by buy- newest justice, Sonia ing it themselves. But new SANDY SALAS/Times-News Sotomayor, has done all tax credits to help with three of those things — in premiums won’t go far the less than two months enough for everyone. since she replaced Souter Some middle-class fami- on the court. lies purchasing their own While the Supreme coverage through new Court is all about the law, insurance exchanges personalities matter. As could find it out of reach. the court begins its new Lawmakers recognize BALANCE term Monday, the justices the problem. will be dealing not only “For some people it’s with the cases in front of going to be a heavy lift,’’ ON THE them but with a wild card: said Sen. Tom Carper, how Sotomayor and her D-Del. “We’re doing our effervescence may change best to make sure it’s not things. an impossible lift.’’ By Andrea Jackson “It’s like when you were Added Sen. Olympia Times-News writer little and a new kid joined Snowe, R-Maine: “We the class,’’ said Stephen have no certainty as to Wermiel, a constitutional whether or not these law professor at American plans are going to be BENCH University. “There was affordable.’’ Both are on always a little air of the Senate Finance excitement or anticipa- Committee, which fin- SOUTH-CENTRAL IDAHO HAS SEEN ONLY 1 FEMALE tion because you didn’t ished writing a health care know how it would bill on Friday. change the dynamic.’’ A new online tool from JUDGE, AND HAS NO CANDIDATES VYING FOR THE JOB The earliest indications the Kaiser Family are that she is unlikely to Foundation illustrates the affect the outcome or predicament. here has been only one. alter the terms of debate The Health Reform Zoe Ann Warberg in two of the high-profile Subsidy Calculator pro- Schaub was a judge in cases that probably will vides ballpark estimates dominate the term: a of what households of T Twin Falls County for challenge to limits on cor- varying incomes and ages eight years beginning in 1962. porate spending in politi- would pay under the dif- She was only 26 when she beat cal campaigns and a law- ferent Democratic health out the incumbent for a probate suit seeking to strike care bills. The legislation down local handgun bans is still a work in progress court position, later leaving the in the Chicago area. and the calculator job to be a full-time mother. In both cases, conser- only a rough guide. Nearly 39 years later, Schaub vative majorities that pre- Nonetheless, the results remains the only woman ever to vailed in earlier cases are revealing. appear solid. Sotomayor A family of four headed have served as a judge in south- probably will side with by a 45-year-old making central Idaho’s 5th Judicial the court’s liberals in dis- $63,000 a year is in the District, which covers Twin sent from decisions in Falls, Cassia, Gooding, Jerome, favor of gun rights See HEALTH, Main 2 and loosening campaign Minidoka, Blaine, Camas and finance restrictions, as *GCNVJQXGTJCWN Lincoln counties. the now-retired Souter RTGOKWOU “I’m really quite surprised, did. But other disputes Under the health care plans considering how many more MEAGAN THOMPSON/Times-News pending in Congress, the cost loom and, to cite just one for a middle-class family women are practicing law,” Zoe Ann Warberg Schaub, a former judge with the 5th District Court during the 1960s, poses buying their own health insur- area, Sotomayor will be ance will vary according to Schaub said of the absence of Friday in a newly remodeled Twin Falls County Courthouse courtroom. She is the only female watched closely to see their income. women on the bench. judge in the history of the 5th District Court. whether her past as a Family income Senate/Baucus plan prosecutor makes her Women make up half of and 26 percent of judges, on the bench hasn’t Patterson, human resource more sympathetic to law Idaho’s population but said Peg M. Dougherty, improved significantly in manager for the Judicial enforcement in criminal $3,242 $2,567 $45k (7.2%) (5.7%) account for only 25 percent president of Boise-based recent years, though the Branch. cases. Unlike her col- of practicing attorneys and Idaho Women Lawyers, Inc. percentage of female Idaho Women are going to law leagues, Sotomayor also just 17 of the state’s 138 “Idaho is the only state in Bar Association members school in strong numbers in has experience as a trial 7,110 5,940 63k (11.3) (9.4) judges, according to statis- the nation where no women has increased four percent Idaho, according to the judge. tics provided by the Idaho or minorities sit on its high- since 2002. Out of 35 judges state’s law school, where The criminal docket Judicial Branch and the state est court and only one of appointed in Idaho since 41 percent of the 2008 includes challenges to 11,080 11,080 Bar Association. two states with no women,” 2006, not one was a entering class were women. handing out life sentences 90k (12.3) (12.3) Idaho lags behind the said Dougherty, adding the woman. That streak ended, Some women in Idaho’s with no chance of parole nation in the number of other state is Indiana. “This though, last month with the judicial system say gender to people younger than NOTE: Family of four buying coverage on their own, head-of household is 45 women both sitting on the is a significant concern to appointment of Susan bias isn’t the issue, and age 18. These cases follow years old, living in a medium cost area of the country. bench and practicing law. IWL and should be for all Wiebe to a district court Judicial Branch statistics for the court’s recent Nationally, women make- citizens of Idaho.” judgeship in the Treasure SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation AP See COURT, Main 2 Health Reform subsidy calculator up 34 percent of lawyers The outlook for women Valley, said Andrea See JUDGES, Main 7 Crossword ......Classifieds 8 Kids Only ........Family LIfe 6 Obituaries........Business 6-7 Dear Abby........Classifieds 5 Jumble ............Classifieds 6 Sudoku ............Classifieds 7 AMERICA FOR SALE Horoscope ......Classifieds 5 Movies ..................Opinion 7 Your Business ....Business 2 With prices slashed, now is time to buy > Business 1 The Haunted Mansions of Albion at Campus Grove Weekend Booking Lodging OPEN EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY TILL HALLOWEEN Halloween Available! 7:00 PM - MIDNIGHT • (208) 430-6430 Parties! 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