huffingtonpost.com - 6/7/2009
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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 white male judge. "I think if she had the speech ...
nationaljournal.com - 6/5/2009
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nationaljournal.com —
Conservative critics of Judge Sonia Sotomayor may be
digging themselves into a hole if they keep hurling...
the tired old "liberal activist" slogan at her. The reason is that her supporters can plausibly retort that these days, the Supreme Court's ...
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National Journal Magazine - Race: Sotomayor And Obama ...
thinkprogress.org - 6/5/2009
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thinkprogress.org —
Last week, while guest-hosting Bill Bennett’s radio show,
RNC Chairman Michael Steele urged Republicans to stop “...
slammin’ and rammin ‘” Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor with personal attacks. Instead, Steele argued that ...
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Steele On Sotomayor: ‘God Help You If You’re A White ...
corner.nationalreview.com - 6/9/2009
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corner.nationalreview.com —
According to Jennifer Rubin, Judge Sonia Sotomayor claims
to be a meticulous draftsman, committed to clear writing....
I'm surprised that this claim has gone largely unchallenged. Judging from her infamous 2001 "Wise Latina" speech, she is an abysmal ...
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Congratulations, White House: You’ve Given the GOP a New Line of Attack Against Sotomayor
Firedoglake —
... This is what's known in baseball as a hanging curve ball:
Obama's top spokesman, Robert Gibbs, told reporters about Sotomayor: "I think she'd say that her word choice in 2001 was ...
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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.
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 »
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Updated myths and falsehoods surrounding the Sotomayor nomination
mediamatters.org 7/14/2009 — In covering President
Obama's nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace retiring Justice David
Souter on the Supreme Court, the media have advanced numerous myths and
falsehoods about Sotomayor. In some cases, the media assert the falsehoods ...
Sotomayor fractures her ankle —
First Read 6/8/2009
From NBC's Chuck ToddThe White House just released this statement: "This morning, on the way to Washington, D.C., Judge Sotomayor tripped at LaGuardia Airport. After an x-ray at Medical Faculty Associates, it was determined that Judge Sotomayor has a ...
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