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...that her sex, race or ethnicity play a negative role in how she decides cases as a judge. Sixty-two percent in ... When Sotomayor Got the White House Phone Call legaltimes.typepad.com 11 days ago — In what appears to be her first press interview since becoming...
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(July 11, 2009) Luis Fraga, former Stanford political science professor and noted expert on Latino and racial politics, argues that Barack Obama's electoral victory and recent nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the US Supreme Court mark a dramatic shift in the country's racial thinking and are indicative of long-term trends. Politicians, now more than ever, are needing to reach across racial divides in order to win votes, a sea-change that is opening up new opportunities for minorities like ...
Immediately after Judge Sonia Sotomayor is officially sworn in as Supreme Court Justice, "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace gives his thoughts. The first thing he is keen to point out is that Chief Justice John Roberts "used notes" when giving Sotomayor the oath, invoking memories of the infamous stumbling when he administered the oath to President Obama on his inauguration. Of Justice Kennedy being the only Justice to attend today's festivities, Wallace says: "He probably didn't have ...
Judge Sonia Sotomayor is officially sworn is as an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court by Chief Justice John Roberts in Washington, DC
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...vote could impact Fla. Senate race By LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ AP Hispanic Affairs Writer More News If there is one place where any bad feelings from the hearings on Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination could have lasting consequences, it's Florida, the pesky...
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KansasCity.com
http://www.kansascity.com/440/story/1370636.html
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...remarkable mistreatment of the claims by New Haven firefighters that they had been discriminated against on the basis of race. That review yielded serious reasons to doubt about Sotomayor’s commitment to the judicial obligation of impartiality, doubts that...
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National Review Online
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YjNmNjRhZjI2YTkxNzgwOWM4YTVkMmNhM2Y0ZTg4ZDE=
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...It's a view she couldn't follow as a lower court judge because she was bound by precedent, but which she would be free to embrace if confirmed to the Supreme Court. In her speeches, she argued that there is no such thing as “law”; that there is no objectivity...
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Houston Chronicle
http://feeds.chron.com/~r/houstonchronicle/edtoutlook/~3/99ugCZoKRgo/6563697.html
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...days of Sotomayor testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, during which several panel members tried to unravel Sotomayor's views on race and determine if ethnic loyalty rather than judicial oath would influence her rulings. A day earlier, Kentucky's...
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1174615.html
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...the base calls for opposition to all aspects of the Obama agenda and Senate Republicans comply with critical attacks on Sotomayor’s prospects for “judicial activism” as well as her race and gender, moderates question these tactics and wonder if they are irreparably...
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Political Buzz
http://political-buzz.com/2009/08/06/more-republicans-line-up-behind-sotomayor-as-vote-looms/
Senator Menendez speaks on MSNBC's Morning Joe discussing the nomination of Judge Sotomayor and the gubernatorial race in New Jersey. August 6th 2008
Ed to task for labeling Beck "a hate merchant" as well as other "attacks" on people. Ed fires back with Tom's own attack on Sonia Sotomayor as an example. ... glenn beck calls president obama racist ed schultz show fox news and friends personal opinion barack hatred white black african american conservative liberal democrat republican gop party radio talk host patriot tom tancredo sonia sotomayor race freedom of speech fringe cindy sheehan tragedy whore keith ellison tea birthers left right ...
This is one of the clearest and more thoughtful endorsements for affirmative action that I have heard in over 10 years. Rachel Maddow corrects what Pat Buchanan said on her show about race. Her strongest defense was the facts. Buchanan argued that White men, by themselves built this country. While, I'll agree that White men were extremely important to the formation of the US and its defense, it is wrong to suggest that no other races helped defend America. Rachel does a great job in pointing ...
(Via www.mediamatters.org ) Maddow issues "corrections and clarifications" of Buchanan statements on Sotomayor and race that "were not true".
Racist Senator Barbara Boxer (D CA) Uses Race Against Black Chamber Of Commerce Leader On 07/16/2009.
If the Republicans want to fix the image of their party, they did a HORRIBLE job of it this week with the confirmation hearings of Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Between Senators Kyl, Sessions, and a very condescending and Patronizing Lindsey Graham who dominated the hearings, they still show themselves to be the white, male, regional, southern party who feels their white male privilege slipping away from them with the changing demographics of the United States theastrolabe.livejournal.com twitter ...
Executive Editor Margaret Mannix looks at Sonia Sotomayor's week in front of Senators, President Obama's return to the race issue and the Democratic charge ahead on healthcare reform.
Executive Editor Margaret Mannix looks at Sonia Sotomayor's week in front of Senators, President Obama's return to the race issue and the Democratic charge ahead on healthcare reform.
mediamatters.org From the July 16 edition of MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show: ... Media "Media Matters" "Media Matters for Ameria" "Pat Buchanan" MSNBC "Rachel Maddow" "The Rachel Maddow Show" "Sonia Sotomayor" "Judge Sotomayor" Race History
uly 16: MSNBC's Rachel Maddow invites Pat Buchanan to explain (and debate) his column in Human Events calling on Republicans to treat Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor with contempt for being a beneficiary of affirmative action.
(7.16.09) -- Firefighter Vargas, one of the plaintiffs (along with Frank Ricci and others) in the infamous 'white firefighter' case, powerfully testifies that Sotomayor's unfavorable ruling in his reverse discrimination suit denied him of his basic civil rights. Vargas and Sotomayor are...
Sotomayor confirmation hearings. ThinkProgress.org
(www.paxstereo.tv/morningcoffee) Morning Coffee with Mario Talk Show Series: Controversies abound as a Quincy Jones interview BEFORE MJ died references his self-image issues, we question whether the hearings are attempting to use race against Sotomayor, and Google Voice offers one number for all your phones. (07-15-09) FULL-LENGTH VERSION
(7.14.09) -- Part 1 of 2. Senator Hatch [R-UT] asks Barack Obama's controversial Supreme Court nominee about the infamous "White Firefighters" case involving Frank Ricci and others. Follow this link to watch part 2 (final) of Hatch questioning Sonia Sotomayor on the White Firefighters case: www.youtube.com #
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The US Supreme Court nominee was back before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. She had to defend one of her most controversial statements. STORY: US President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor defended herself on Tuesday. The Senate Judiciary Committee questioned her on everything from race to abortion to antitrust law. Democrats call Obama's decision to nominate Sotomayor to the US Supreme Court historic, and have emphasized her long career as a prosecutor and appeals court judge. But Republicans have drawn ammunition from a 2001 speech in which she said a "wise Latina" might arrive at a better legal decision than a white man. Offered the chance to explain the "wise Latina" comments at her confirmation hearing, Sotomayor said she had been misconstrued — that the remarks she made were mainly to groups of female and Latino lawyers where she was trying to inspire them to get involved with the law. [Sonia Sotomayor, USSupreme Court Nominee]: "I want to state up front, unequivocally and without doubt, I do not believe that any ethnic, racial, or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge regardless of their background or life experiences." Democrats who control the Senate say Sotomayor has both the legal expertise and the life experience to serve on the court, which has been closely divided with four liberal and five conservative members. That balance would be ...
Part 2: Rachel Maddow reports on the Republican tactics in questioning Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor with Dahlia Lithwick, Legal Contributor and Senior Editor for slate.com. Confirmation Hearing Day Two. MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show (aired: 07/14/09)
Rachel Maddow Show (7/14/09)
Part 1: Rachel Maddow reports on the Republican tactics in questioning Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor with focus on Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL). Confirmation Hearing Day Two. MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show (aired: 07/14/09). Mini-Bar Bio: Jeff Session was elected to the Senate in 1997 and is the current ranking member on the Judiciary Committee. Sessions was one of only nine opponents of Senator John McCain's anti-torture amendment. Sessions supports former Vice President Dick ...
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earth2obama.org July 14, 2009 C-SPAN
patriotsnetwork.com The gender and ethnicity question,even though the the senate hearings are a total waste of time,it's all that on the news today.
Sonia Sotomayor Asked If "Race/Gender" Are Factors In Her Judging Cases - 07/14/09 [Question By Republican Senator Jon Kyl]
Senator Leahy asks Judge Sotomayor to explain some of her previous comments. She notes her belief, "that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge regardless of their background and life experiences."
(7.13.09) -- Beck rips the first day of the Sotomayor hearings. Conservative New Media ConservativeNewMediaUnited States of America الولايات المتحدة Съединени щати 美国Sjedinjene Američke Države Spojené státy americké De Forenede Stater Verenigde Staten van Amerika Yhdysvallat États-Unis d'Amérique Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες यूनाइटेड स्टेट्स Stati Uniti d'America アメリカ合衆国미국De Forente Stater Stany Zjednoczone Estados Unidos Statele Unite США
FOX's Bill O'Reilly: Is Sonia Sotomayor "Fair & Balanced" Or "A Race Advocate?" - 07/13/09
Bill O'Reilly is concerned that Sonia Sotomayor, if confirmed to the Supreme Court, she could turn into another Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
(7.13.09) -- After the Supreme Court overturned a racial discrimination ruling of a lower court which Sonia Sotomayor sat on, supporters of Barack Obama's nominee have asked that the media engage in more intense scrutiny and/or criticism of Frank Ricci, the lead claimant in the "white firefighters" case. Ricci is scheduled to testify at Sotomayor's confirmation hearings this week. Critics of have likened this treatment of Ricci to that of the now-famous "Joe the Plumber" from the 2008 ...
A brief review of the first day of Judge Sotomayor's appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee. This video includes excerpts from Sonia Sotomayor's opening statement and remarks from Democratic and Republican senators on the Committee.
mediamatters.org Rush then aired portions of Sens. Dianne Feinstein's (D-CA) and Jeff Sessions' (R-AL) statements. Sessions was so good, said Rush, that the state-run media had to rebut him.
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mediamatters.org "LIMBAUGH: So Russ Feingold: A couple of words that Sonia Sotomayor said taken out of context. You mean, like, macaca? George Allen saying macaca -- we heard about that for weeks and months as The Washington Post and the Democrats sought to destroy Allen; he'd been a congressman, a governor, and a senator. Sotomayor's comments are much worse than macaca; and they're frequent, and they are long-held. You see how this race thing works, folks. If you're a liberal, nothing you ...
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...to judge cases fairly. The most fertile ground for Republican questioning appears to be on race and ethnicity, focused on Sotomayor's "wise Latina" comment and a ruling on white firefighters from New Haven, Conn., whowon their Supreme Court case last month. In...
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Daily Chronicle
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/articles/2009/07/13/r_g0giwrulszu3dcbxskvja/index.xml
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...kind of race discrimination case in the federal court system are Title VII employment discrimination cases, and Judge Sotomayor has published five majority opinions in Title VII race cases since she joined the Court of Appeals. Of these five decisions, only...
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...she would win Senate approval, the White House said. The most fertile ground for Republican questioning appears to be on race and ethnicity, focused on Sotomayor's "wise Latina" comment and the white firefighters from New Haven, Conn., who won their Supreme...
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