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Justice Sotomayor's Confirmation Leaves Court 66% White Male
This report was first posted at the blog of Americans for a Pluralistic US Supreme Court. The first objective of the Americans for a Pluralistic US Supreme Court blog has been achieved with the Senate confirmation today of Justice Sonia Sotomayor. The Washington Post... Sonia Sotomayor Confirmed as First Latina Supreme Court Justice
The U.S. Senate has been confirmed by Sonia Sotomayor as by a 68-31 vote. Sotomayor will become the first Latina Supreme Court Justice. The vote tended to fall along party lines, with the vast majority of Democrats...
created by Jon Azpiri | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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923 views | 38 recommendations | 2 comments
Thoughts on the Nomination Process of Judge Sonia Sotomayor
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina has acknowledged that nothing short of a meltdown can prevent the confirmation of native New Yorker Judge Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina judge it...
created by Karen Hatter | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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653 views | 32 recommendations | 9 comments
Anti-Sotomayor Arguments Die in Fires of Reason and Demographics
Republican Arguments Against Sotomayor Founder on the Shoals of Reason and Demographics, Says Petition At present the US Supreme Court is 78% white male while the United States overall is approximately 30% white male. White male Republican senators would have us... 157 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
Republicans Call Angry Groups to Testify at Sotomayor Hearings
Americans for a Pluralistic US Supreme Court circulates an online petition in support of President Obama's nominee.Yahoo News reports that the Republicans are planning to bring stakeholders in their political coalition into the hearings on the Supreme Court nomination of... 135 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Top Hispanic Legal Group To Jeff Sessions: “We Expect Better”
" "This one’s pretty rough — yet another sign that the GOP’s attacks on Sonia Sotomayor are putting their standing with Latinos at serious risk."" Sen. Jeff Sessions is another shining example of an old southern politician, and another reason to not reelect him. " "In...
created by Spydermonkey | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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157 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Rush Limbaugh Compares Sonia Sotomayor to a Housekeeper
Rush Limbaugh further alienated Hispanic voters (from the GOP) by comparing Sonia Sotomayor, who is likely to be confirmed as the first Latina Supreme Court Justice, to a housekeeper."MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann and... Laura Bush Endorses Sonia Sotomayer, Newt Gingrich Attacks Her
This week Sonia Sotomayer received a glowing endorsement from former First lady Laura Bush and another kick in the teeth from non-office holder, professional lobbyist, disgraced former Speaker of the House Newt...
created by TheCameraObscura | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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245 views | 10 recommendations | 0 comments
Rush Limbaugh mocks Sonia Sotomayor’s fractured ankle
Last week, right wing radio host G. Gordon Liddy attacked Supreme Counrt Nominee Sonia Sotomayor by questioning whether or not she could make legal decisions while menstruating. This week, Rush Limbaugh took his... A Latina on Supreme Court IS Better than 77% White Male Court
Cross-posted at the Francis L. Holland Blog.Judge Sonia Sotomayor is right. WIth a US Supreme Court that is 77% white male in a country less than 30% white male, Sotomayor's experience as a Latina woman is much more needed and "better" on the Court than that of yet... In Defense of Sonia Sotomayor
by Yvette D. Carnell There is nothing so demeaning to political discourse as the injection of race as a weapon, so I’ve become increasingly livid over the past few days while watching right wing hit squads refer to Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as a... Judge Sonia Sotomayor - Obama's Supreme Distraction to Pyongyang
"Pay no attention to the missiles behind the curtain. Look at my shiny new Supreme Court nominee." Some are calling it Obama's riskiest choice in the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court,...
created by Rhonda J Mangus | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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226 views | 24 recommendations | 5 comments
Op-Ed Notes Calling Judicial Nominee Racist Now Seems Okay
In 2005, Samuel Alito was nominated by then President George W. Bush, to the United States Supreme Court. He was confirmed and now sits on the bench of the Supreme Court. During his confirmation...
created by Karen Hatter | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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107 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Myths and Falsehoods Surrounding Sonia Sotomayor's Nomination
This article notes Conservatives and the Republican Party, especially Right Wing elements within the Party, came out in opposition of any potential nominee for the Supreme Court that...
created by Karen Hatter | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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1169 views | 66 recommendations | 28 comments
"Identity Politics" is Code Words for "Not a White Man"
According to the Washington Post's Peter Baker, of the 110 people who have served on the [U.S. Supreme C]ourt, only four were not white males. And yet the caption to his article states: "With President Obama’s pick of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, identity politics in America is... 321 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
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