youtube.com - 5/26/2009
—
Fox distorted Sotomayor's comments about role of ethnicity and gender injudging and then legitimized Limbaugh's accusations that she and Obama are racists.
bench.nationalreview.com - 5/26/2009
—
bench.nationalreview.com —
Judge Sotomayor is a liberal judicial activist of
the first order who thinks her own personal political...
agenda is more important that the law as writt... . . .
(more)
Sotomayor for the Court
nytimes.com - 5/26/2009
—
nytimes.com —
WASHINGTON In 2001, Sonia Sotomayor , an
appeals court judge, gave a speech declaring that the...
ethnicity and sex of a judge “may and will make a difference in our judging.” In her speech , Judge Sotomayor questioned the famous notion often invoked ...
(more)
Sotomayor
thinkprogress.org - 5/26/2009
—
thinkprogress.org —
Reacting to Obama’s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor
to the Supreme Court today, conservative talker Rush Limbaugh...
called Sotomayor a “horrible pick,” said that Republicans should “go to the mat” in their efforts to ...
(more)
Limbaugh on Sotomayor: ‘Do I want her to fail? Yeah.’
Comments
Blog Reactions
Fox Plays Race Card Against Sotomayor
The Political Carnival —
Not the first, Krauthammer and Huckabee get that dubious distinction, but you know Fox will do it the most. Via Newshounds.
Fox News Plays The Race Card Against Sotomayor And Obama
News Hounds —
Earlier today, Rush Limbaugh called Judge Sonia Sotomayor, just nominated by President Obama to the U.S. Supreme Court, "a reverse racist," appointed by "the greatest living example of a reverse racist.” In synch with Limbaugh, albeit more delicately, Live Desk repeatedly suggested Sotomayor and Obama were racists because a) Sotomayor has said that gender and national origin play a role in judging; and b) Obama said that her “personal story” matters. But later, they took it a step further by distorting Sotomayor's comments about the role of ethnicity and gender in judging and then legitimizing Limbaugh's charge by playing the clip of his accusations and asking their ...
Related Content
Fox News Plays The Race Card Against Sotomayor And Obama
newshounds.us 5/26/2009 — Earlier today, Rush Limbaugh called Judge Sonia Sotomayor, just nominated by President Obama to the U.S. Supreme Court, "a reverse racist," appointed by "the greatest living example of a reverse racist.” In synch with Limbaugh, albeit more ...
Fox Nation Plays Race Card In Health Care Debate
newshounds.us 7/29/2009 — Yesterday, I joked in my post about Fox News using the Gates controversy to ramp up racial attacks against Obama that Fox might one day suggest that Obama's health care would kill white people. It looks like Fox has already made that claim. At their ...
Sotomayor
nytimes.com 5/26/2009 — WASHINGTON In 2001, Sonia Sotomayor , an appeals court judge, gave a speech declaring that the ethnicity and sex of a judge “may and will make a difference in our judging.” In her speech , Judge Sotomayor questioned the famous notion often invoked ...
A Judge’s View of Judging Is on the Record
nytimes.com 5/15/2009 — WASHINGTON In 2001, Sonia Sotomayor , an appeals court judge, gave a speech declaring that the ethnicity and sex of a judge “may and will make a difference in our judging.” In her speech, Judge Sotomayor questioned the famous notion often invoked ...
The Right plays the race card
secularright.org 9/23/2009 — Right-wing criticism of Obama is not racial, but Obama’s kick in the pants to New York Governor David Paterson apparently is. Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele told CBS on Sunday:
I found that to be stunning, that the White House ...
Justice Sotomayor?
politicalwire.com 5/26/2009 — The AP reports President Obama will pick Sonia Sotomayor as his nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. NPR has confirmed the pick is Sotomayor.
It's Sotomayor
lefarkins.blogspot.com 5/26/2009 — A few random thoughts/links about the big news you may have already heard about, Obama tapping Sonia Sotomayor as his first pick: It's a good, solid pick. Not a home run like Karlan would have been, but I also don't think she'll be another Breyer; ...
Scotus Blog - Sotomayor
scotusblog.com 5/26/2009 — As Tom discussed, much attention will now turn to Judge Sotomayor’s record as a judge on the Second Circuit, and in particular on the decision she joined in Ricci v. New Haven, the case involving a suit by white and Hispanic firefighters passed over ...
Follow BeltwayBlips on Twitter
