Charles Ogletree, Obama Legal Mentor, On Obama's Supreme Court Nomination

Charles Ogletree, Obama Legal Mentor, On Obama's Supreme Court Nomination

Everyone seems to have an opinion about Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama's newly announced nominee for the Supreme Court. ESSENCE.com talked to Harvard Law School professor and longtime mentor to the President and First Lady, Dr. Charles Ogletree, about his take on Sotomayor, her critics, and the advice he gave the President during his search.

ESSENCE.COM: Do you anticipate that there will be a major battle over Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation from Senate Republicans?
CHARLES OGLETREE: There will be a long but unsuccessful battle in the effort to malign Judge Sonia Sotomayor. She is the most qualified candidate to come up for consideration in the Supreme Court since Justice Thurgood Marshall 42 years ago. Despite the efforts to malign and mischaracterize her record, I have every confidence that she will be confirmed by the Senate this summer.

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