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The Dynamic of the Nomination of Sonia Sotomayor
scotusblog.com — The White House will announce a Supreme Court nominee today at 10 a.m. The Senate Judiciary Committee... will likely hold hearings in the third week of July, permitting written committee questions the following week and a floor vote before Congress ... (more) The Dynamic of the Nomination of Sonia Sotomayor
Republicans won't beat Sonia Sotomayor by attacking her as too darn human. - By Dahlia Lithwick - Slate Magazine
Republicans won't beat Sonia Sotomayor by attacking her as too darn human. - By Dahlia Lithwick ...
slate.com — Sonia Sotomayor. Click image to expand. Sonia Sotomayor Confirmation hearings are inevitably an invitation to behave badly.... Something about the bright lights of the Senate judiciary committee brings out the worst in people. Legal thinkers who are ... (more) Republicans won't beat Sonia Sotomayor by attacking her ...
Digbys Blog: Hullabaloo - Empathy For The King
Digbys Blog: Hullabaloo - Empathy For The King
digbysblog.blogspot.com — Yesterday I dashed off this glib little bon mot, which deserves a much more serious treatment: One... can't know for sure that the fact that Chief Justice John Roberts, who has so far voted every single time with the ruling elites, was affected by his ... (more) Digbys Blog: Hullabaloo - Empathy For The King

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