nytimes.com - 7/16/2009
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Judge Sonia Sotomayor's composure remained intact Wednesday as she neared the end of her appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
AskSotomayor.com - 7/11/2009
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Question 1 : Under Article I of the U.S....
Constitution, all legislative power belongs to Congress. The judiciary is given no legislative role. Do you believe that this is and continues to be the ...
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politicalnewslive.blogspot.com - 7/14/2009
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Lee Schneider: Women of Science
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... With the confirmation hearings of Judge Sonia Sotomayor underway, we have a woman in a very public spotlight who needs to prove herself to questioners who are mostly men. She's had to emphasize her devotion to the law, her detachment from emotion, and her all around stability. She'd probably get in trouble if she started talking about "women's intuition" or anything like that. ...
"Senate Likely to Vote on Sotomayor in August"
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... ." Today's newspaper, meanwhile, contains an article headlined "Queries on Abortion and Guns Fail to Break Judge's Stride," a news analysis headlined " ...
Frank Rich: The GOP's Got Some ’Splainin’ to Do
The Political Carnival —
... [W]hen Tom Coburn of Oklahoma merrily joked to Sotomayor that “You’ll have lots of ’splainin’ to do,” it clearly didn’t occur to him that such mindless condescension helps explain why the fastest-growing demographic group in the nation is bolting his party. ...
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