Sonia Sotomayor Sworn In as Supreme Court Justice

Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in this morning as the 111th US Supreme Court Justice by Chief Justice John Roberts. Sotomayor is the first hispanic person to be confirmed for the position, and took the oath of office...

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...

A crack up

"A crack up AP – Sen. Jeff Sessions,...

Will Sotomayor's Judicial Nomination Validate Discrimination?

Sonia Sotomayor is facing scrutiny over her possible appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court.  Supreme Court Judges serve life-time terms and never have to go up for reelection; therefore, they...

Sotomayor: How to Translate what AL Sen Jeff Sessions is Saying.

Because many of you are not from the South, I thought I would translate a few of the words, that Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama recently used in describing Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor. I believe I am fully capable of  making this translation as I am...

Sonia Sotomayor - History in the Making

Sonia Sotomayor, appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court is about to make history.  If confirmed she will be the first Hispanic Woman to have a seat on the Supreme Court. The confirmation hearings will be filled...

EasyWidget Leads to Petition on Judge Sotomayor's Confirmation

Click here to get the HTML code for the above EasyWidget.Progressive are strongly supporting "wise Latina woman" Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination for the US Supreme Court.  For example, African American blogger Atty. Francis L. Holland, whose previous efforts toward...

Politics and substance in the Sotomayor nomination

by Frank Kaufmann May 31, 2009We are moving toward a just society.Not because we are seeing things in the moment grow increasingly just, but because the instruments necessary for justice are gradually falling into place.Injustice is possible under conditions of imbalance of...

Duke decries Limbaugh comparison to Sotomayor

David Duke, former member of the House of Representatives in Louisiana, decries the comparison of him by Rush Limbaugh to President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor. " Former member of the House of...

Black Conservative: Say ‘No!’ to Sonia Sotomayor

By Lloyd Marcus Guest Blogger Coming from the projects, the story of President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, is inspiring. Ironically, the success of Obama, a black, and Sotomayor, a...

Obama Nominates Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court

I predicted this last week,  not her but that it would be a Hispanic woman. "• Age 54 (Born June 25, 1954, New York City) Judicial Career • U.S. Appeals Court judge, 2nd Circuit, 1998-present • U.S. District Court judge, 1992-1998 • Nominated to federal...

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