forbes.com - 5/28/2009
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Within minutes of President Barack Obama's nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, the conservative Judicial Confirmation Network sent a memorandum to members highlighting her controversial ruling in an employment discrimination suit involving New Haven firefighters. Sen. John ...
gallup.com - 5/28/2009
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gallup.com —
PRINCETON, NJ -- Americans' first reactions to the
news of President Obama's nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor
to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court are decidedly more positive than negative, with 47% rating the nomination as "excellent" or "good," 20% ...
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Positive Initial Reaction to Sotomayor Nomination
salon.com - 5/28/2009
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salon.com —
[updated below - Update II (with video)] As
is true for any Supreme Court nominee, there are
many legitimate questions to raise about Sonia Sotomayor, but the smear attacks on her as some sort of "identity politics" poster child -- which are still ...
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Justice Sam Alito on empathy and judging - Glenn Greenwald
rasmussenreports.com - 5/28/2009
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rasmussenreports.com —
Eighty-seven percent (87%) of voters nationwide believe Judge
Sonia Sotomayor will be confirmed as the next U.S.
Supreme Court justice. That figure includes 59% who believe her confirmation is Very Likely. The latest Rasmussen Reports national ...
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87% Expect Sotomayor Will Be Confirmed, 45% Say She ...
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FORBES: Is Sotomayor Really Anti-Business? “The Didden decision is likely a red herring–not a ‘re…
Instapundit —
... FORBES: Is Sotomayor Really Anti-Business? “The Didden decision is likely a red herring–not a ‘red flag.’” ...
GOP Packing Up The Heavy Weapons To Fight Another Day?
DownWithTyranny! —
... TV talking heads are babbling about the New Haven firefighters case but corporate America is more concerned with Didden v Village of Port Chester, which worries corporatists that she is "bad for business." Libertarian kook and ...
No, Judge Sotomayor Does Not Want To Take Your Land
Wonk Room —
... As a commentary in Forbes magazine explains “the facts of the case offer ample support for Sotomayor’s position.” The three developers in this case were caught in a legal battle over how land in a specially-designated redevelopment area should be used. According to Forbes, no one ever demanded a bribe from anyone–rather, one developer offered to settle the case for $800,000: ...
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Lowry: How Sotomayor Misspoke
article.nationalreview.com 6/2/2009 — Now we know. A few innocuous slips of the tongue made it seem that Sotomayor endorsed a racial essentialism, when she really meant to associate herself with race neutrality and impartiality.
White House: Sotomayor Used Poor Choice Of Words
huffingtonpost.com 6/7/2009 — WASHINGTON — In a bit damage control, the White House on Friday said Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor acknowledges she chose her words poorly by saying in 2001 that a female Hispanic judge would often reach a "better" conclusion than a ...
Sotomayor: A Strong Choice for Supreme Court
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Sotomayor’s so-so reviews thus far
hotair.com 7/15/2009 — Actually, so-so would be putting it kindly. If Sonia Sotomayor was a Broadway musical, she would have closed on opening night. The reviews have been, to put it mildly, awful — and not all from the Right, either. [...] Read the rest »
Anti-Anti-Sotomayor:
volokh.com 6/12/2009 — Judge Sonia Sotomayor would not have been my first pick to replace Justice David Souter – nor, for that matter, would have anyone else on President Obama’s reported short list. Beyond...
Sonia Sotomayor: "Affirmative Action Baby"
weeklystandard.com 6/12/2009 — From the moment Sonia Sotomayor was nominated, Democrats have pointed to her academic pedigree as evidence that she is highly qualified for the job. Some conservatives doubted whether those credentials were, on their own, evidence of anything other ...
Why every Republican must oppose Sotomayor
directorblue.blogspot.com 6/9/2009 — It's not just one incident. Or two. Or three. It's a consistent pattern of disregard for the most basic tenets of jurisprudence.Sotomayor's infamous 'Wise Latina' remarkDuring a 2001 lecture, Sotomayor opined "I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more ...
Sotomayor Isn't Roberts
thenextright.com 5/29/2009 — The debate over whether and how much Senate Republicans should oppose Sonia Sotomayor is grinding along. I personally don't think it's the worst thing in the world if Republicans got more aggressive than they currently seem to be comfortable with, ...
Obstruction 101: First Manufacture A Controversy
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org 6/12/2009 — Cribbing from a press release by the right-wing Judicial Confirmation Network (JCN), Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee drafted a letter claiming that Judge Sonia Sotomayor failed to disclose important information they need to evaluate her ...
Prepping Sotomayor: Get your game face on —
CNN.com - Politics 5/28/2009
Turning a federal judge -- even one like Sonia Sotomayor, who has gone through Senate confirmation hearings before -- into a Supreme Court nominee ready for prime time takes a lot of preparation, mock hearings and coaching.
First thoughts: Much ado about nothing? —
First Read 5/28/2009
From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro*** Much ado about nothing? Is it bad news for the Obama White House that abortion-rights groups are suddenly worried about Sonia Sotomayor’s record (or lack thereof) on abortion? Or it is it ...
Sotomayor: Pro-choice groups worried? —
First Read 5/28/2009
The New York Times front-pages that “some abortion rights advocates are quietly expressing unease that Judge Sotomayor may not be a reliable vote to uphold Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 abortion rights decision. In a letter, Nancy Keenan, ...
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