Published 6/30/2009
by Mark Murray
at First Read
From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Ali Weinberg*** Sonia’s good news, bad news: Here’s the bad news for Sonia Sotomayor: Yesterday, with the Supreme Court’s New Haven ruling, was her toughest day as a SCOTUS nominee since her "wise Latina" comment produced that political/media frenzy a few weeks ago. But here’s the good news: If yesterday is as bad as it's going to get -- and most expected the Supreme Court to reverse Sotomayor and her 2nd Circuit panel in the New Haven case --...( read more )
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