huffingtonpost.com - 6/1/2009
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WASHINGTON — A leading Democratic senator says that President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee is "filibuster-proof" when his colleagues look at her record.
Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York said Sunday that Sonia Sotomayor's nomination is heading toward confirmation. He says she has ...
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npr.org - 5/31/2009
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David Folkenflik Weekend Edition Sunday , May 31,
2009 When federal appeals court Judge Sonia Sotomayor emerged...
as a leading candidate to be named to the U.S. Supreme Court this spring, one Web article above all drove debate about her merits. The ...
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'Blog Entry' Sparks Furor Over Sotomayor
americanthinker.com - 5/27/2009
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No light at the end of the tunnel
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Ray Lahood, Meet Friedrich Hayek May 27, 2009 Sotomayor overturned 60% of the time by Supremes Rick Moran If senators vote on Sonia Sotomayor's track record, they ...
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American Thinker Blog: Sotomayor overturned 60% of the ...
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Judicial Filibusters and Partisan Hypocrisy
Politics Daily —
... Today, Sen. Schumer is tasked with shepherding Sotomayor's nomination through the confirmation process. And he will now be arguing that a president deserves to seat his nominees. And he is already arguing that Sotomayor is "filibuster proof." ...
Matt Lewis: Judicial Filibusters and Partisan Hypocrisy
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
... tactic used by Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) when he opposed judicial nominees because of legal or political ideology." (You might remember all the clamoring from Republicans that judges deserve a fair up or down vote -- well, that was in response to this rule). Today, Sen. Schumer is tasked with shepherding Sotomayor's nomination through the confirmation process. And he will now be arguing that a president deserves to seat his nominees. And he is already arguing that Sotomayor is " filibuster proof ." In fairness, no Republican Senators or conservative outside groups -- that I ...
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Reid praises Sotomayor as 'the whole package'
hosted.ap.org 6/1/2009 — WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate's top Democrat praised federal judge Sonia Sotomayor Tuesday as an extraordinarily well-qualified Supreme Court nominee whose background as an "underdog" appeals to Americans....
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gallup.com 5/28/2009 — 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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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 ...
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CNN Political Ticker 6/1/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Race has arisen as an issue in the debate over Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Watch Jim Acosta's report.
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