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Sotomayor Challenge Blows Up in Sessions' Face

The Wall Street Journal | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics


Ouch! Sen. Jeff Sessions (R., Ala.), seeking to discredit Judge Sonia Sotomayor's judicial philosophy, cited her 2001 "wise Latina" speech, and contr...

The GOP's Canny Hit Plan on Sotomayor

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The GOP's goal is to bully, cow, and badger Sotomayor on the hit points to insure that she toes the line not solely before the panel, but on the bench.

Justice for the Privileged

Robert Koehler | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics


Robert Koehler

The Republicans are aghast that Obama would impose an "empathy standard" on his nominee for the Supreme Court, as though this word could be removed from anything that is human.

Jason Linkins

Senator Graham Admits His Opposition To Sotomayor Not "Doing The Country Any Good"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics


Back in the rough and untamed ancient days of 2008, Senator John McCain used to trod this earth under a banner that read "Country First." His good fri...

A Brief for Pat Buchanan: The Invincible Race-Baiter

Bob Cesca | Posted 07.04.2009 | Media


Bob Cesca

I'm convinced now more than ever that the real Pat Buchanan is definitely not the Friendly Wingnut he's tricked some viewers into believing.

Lindsey Graham: "I'm Deeply Troubled" By Sotomayor Nomination

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics


Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Wednesday that he remains "deeply troubled" by Sonia Sotomayor's ideology and record after a 30-minute closed-door m...

Judge Sotomayor: A Great Judge, A Strict Constructionist

Lanny Davis | Posted 07.03.2009 | Home


Lanny Davis

If there were a "one-innocent-gaffe rule" that disqualified people from holding public office in Washington, there would probably be no one left in Washington holding public office.

Jason Linkins

NYT Edits 'Sharp Tongue' Sotomayor Headline

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.02.2009 | Media


As you may have heard, there was this one time that Judge Sonia Sotomayor totally interrupted a government lawyer, for the first time ever in the hist...

Sonia From The Block

Will Durst | Posted 07.02.2009 | Comedy


Will Durst

That's right. Tom Tancredo accusing a Latina of being racist. You can't make stuff up like this.

Five Facts America Needs to Know About Sonia Sotomayor

Katie Halper | Posted 07.02.2009 | Comedy


Katie Halper

FACT: Sotomayor is such a liberal elitist, she doesn't just live in the North East of the country. The neighborhood she was born and raised in is on the East side of the Bronx. The Bronx is to the North of Manhattan. I'll let you do the math.

Note to Newt: How "New Racism" Isn't Like "Old Racism"

John Ridley | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics


John Ridley

Old white guys can be a funny bunch. The same anti-same-sex marriage, anti-affirmative action cadre can flower into the biggest supporters of "equality" the minute they get a whiff of minority empowerment.

Jason Linkins

NYT Recycles 'Sharp-Tongue' Criticism Of Sotomayor

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media


I don't think I mentioned it previously, but when President Barack Obama announced that he would be submitting Second Circuit Court of Appeals Judge S...

Jason Linkins

Bill O'Reilly: "The Left Sees White Men As The Problem" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media


As you have probably experienced for yourself, it's so hard for most white dudes to get a leg up in America, a nation that has historically both hated...

Karl Rove Needs a Dictionary: Get Your Definition of Empathy Correct

Caroline Presno | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics


Caroline Presno

Empathy is an objective understanding of the subjective experience of another. In the process of empathizing, you're actually putting your ego aside in order to see what it is like to walk in another person's shoes.

Why Sotomayor's Confirmation Debate Is the D.C. Equivalent of Rock of Love

Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics


Arianna Huffington

Listening to conservatives play the race card in attacking the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, I've been marveling at just how self-destructive they've become. Republicans have to know how bad this is for their party

Adios a el Hispano Voto

Sam Greenfield | Posted 06.28.2009 | Media


Sam Greenfield

The Latino vote should be the exclusive property of the Republican party. Religiously faithful,socially conservative, family oriented,they are a poste...

Supreme Cynics: Slamming Sotomayor

Rick Horowitz | Posted 06.28.2009 | Comedy


Rick Horowitz

A behind-the-scenes look at a secret meeting of the conservative opposition to Sonia Sotomayor

Jason Linkins

WaPo's Cillizza Claims Sotomayor Gives GOP A Winning Election Issue

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.28.2009 | Media


Chris Cillizza, writing for the Washington Post, believes that he has discovered the pony for Republicans in opposing the nomination of Sonia Sotomayo...

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

Essence | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics


Everyone seems to have an opinion about Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama's newly announced nominee for the Supreme Court. ESSENCE.com tal...

Jason Linkins

Scalia, Alito Quotes Blunt Conservative Attacks On Sotomayor

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics


What's odd about the body of opposition to Sonia Sotomayor is that it includes so many items that seem to have been previously deemed acceptable for S...

Despite Sotomayor Nomination, Latino Academic Gap Still Huge

Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco and Carola Suarez-Orozco | Posted 06.27.2009 | World


Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco and Carola Suarez-Orozco

Latinos have the highest high school dropout rates and the lowest college attendance rates of all racial/ethnic groups, making Judge Sotomayor's biography all the more inspiring.

Sotomayor's Reasoning

Linda Martín Alcoff | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics


Linda Martín Alcoff

Judge Sotomayor has simply stated upfront what most of us know full well: identity affects experience, and experience makes a difference in our judgment.

More RNC Talking Points on Sotomayor Nomination Leaked

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 06.26.2009 | Comedy


John Wellington Ennis

WATCH: "Is Sotomayor Smart Enough?" Attack Ad

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 06.26.2009 | Comedy


Matthew Filipowicz

Maybe the problem is that most right wingers don't know what summa cum laude means. Most likely, they're just desperately making stuff up to try to stop an extremely qualified nominee.

Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: May 26, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.26.2009 | Media


OMG, Sotomayor! Crazy, right? But first, here's an update on your Roland Burris/disputed heroism news. Over the weekend, we received an email from ...