Sotomayor Racism

Through A Looking Glass, Darkly

David Horton | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Horton

Anyone who is concerned about conserving the environment which supports human beings is anti-human, while anyone who happily destroys it, for short-term profit, is pro-human.

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Who's the Real Racist?

Favianna Rodriguez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Favianna Rodriguez

To anyone outside the right-wing echo chamber, it is hardly a stretch to see that racism is alive and well in the US. That is exactly why we cannot let allegations of Sotomayor's "racism" go unchallenged.

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Sessions Uses Sotomayor as a Pawn in His Lifelong Crusade Against Civil Rights

Ian Millhiser | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ian Millhiser

Given Sessions' history of baseless assaults on civil rights, one has to wonder whether conservatives chose him as their leading voice on Sotomayor because they fundamentally agree with his lifelong stance on race.

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Sam Stein

Powell Whacks Limbaugh And Republicans For Calling Sotomayor Racist

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Colin Powell, who hails from the same Bronx neighborhood as Sonia Sotomayor, said on Sunday that the Supreme Court nominee was of a "liberal bent of m...

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Sessions Claims Sotomayor Tied To "Extreme" Group

AP | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A civil rights group advised by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor in the 1980s brought several discrimination lawsuits that sou...

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Jason Linkins

National Review Cover Story On "The Beauty Of Drilling" To Be A Disappointment

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Oh, the delights of the National Review's cover stories! Earlier this month, I think we all enjoyed ourselves immensely when the magazine, in their r...

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Sotomayor and the New Haven Firefighters Case: More Myths Than Facts

Lanny Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lanny Davis

From a surprisingly broad left-to-right spectrum, the Conventional Wisdom punditry seems to have decided that Judge Sotomayor was wrong on the law.

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Never Mind the Race Haters, Remember Loving Day

John Ridley | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Ridley

Take a moment on this June 12th to look at where our nation once was and where we are now, and take solace in knowing that we are headed in a better direction.

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Diversity, Perspective and the Supreme Court

Michael J. O'Neil | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael J. O'Neil

Neither race, gender, should be determinative in any legal judgment. But to assert that one's life experiences do not play a role in how facts are assessed is to ignore reality.

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Jason Linkins

National Review Perplexingly Depicts Sotomayor As Asian

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Good gravy, have you all seen the cover that the good people from the Journal of Lowered Expectations known as the National Review have put together? ...

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When Did Newt and the Gang Become Experts on Race? Playing the Race Card Against Sotomayor

C. Nicole Mason | Posted 05.25.2011

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C. Nicole Mason

According to the new definition of racism -- let's call it neo-racism -- anyone who believes we have not achieved racial equality can be considered a racist.

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Jason Linkins

Media Beating Race-Based Critique Of Sotomayor To Death

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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The people at Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting have run down, from soup to nuts, the way in which the Sotomayor-is-a-racist talking points issued fo...

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Jason Linkins

Buchanan's Creepy Racial Obsessions Continuously Rewarded By Media (VIDEO) [UPDATED]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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I continue to wonder precisely what ancient ritual the people at MSNBC perform, on a daily basis, that absolves them of the consequences of airing -- and rewarding! -- these sorts of statements by Buchanan.

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The Nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor -- Can it Be a Teachable Moment?

Les Francis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Les Francis

We can hope that the confirmation process will be intense, spirited, and enlightening, and that Sotomayor -- and we -- will be spared the cheap, the tawdry, and the demagogic. We can hope, but we also should strive to make it so.

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Jason Linkins

Pat Buchanan Criticizes Sotomayor For Learning English (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Via Crooks and Liars comes this video of Pat Buchanan basically demonstrating why everything he says on teevee about politics should be dubbed out in ...

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Ronald Reagan: The Original "Reverse-Sexist" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 05.25.2011

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Conservative pundits have railed seemingly endessly about Judge Sonia Sotomayor's supposed "reverse racism." But it appears conservative hero Ronald R...

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Ryan Grim

Specter Backs Sotomayor: Race Still A Factor In American Society (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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***SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO*** As far as Sonia Sotomayor is concerned, Sen. Arlen Specter's defection to the Democratic Party couldn't have come at a be...

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Study: In 50 Recent Race-Related Decisions, Sotomayor Backed Discrimination Claims 3 Times

SCOTUSblog | Posted 05.25.2011

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In those 50 cases, the panel accepted the claim of race discrimination only three times. In all three cases, the panel was unanimous; in all three, i...

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Director Of Tancredo's Anti-Immigrant Group Assaulted African-American Woman

Media Matters Action Network | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yesterday, former Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo attacked Judge Sonia Sotomayor for being a member of the National Council of La Raza, absurdly likening t...

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Rachel Weiner

Sotomayor Pick Sparks Race Divide In GOP

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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The attacks on Judge Sonia Sotomayor are growing more vicious by the day, sparking a racial divide within the Republican Party over how best to approa...

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Sam Stein

White House Smacks Gingrich For Calling Sotomayor A Racist

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The White House hit back at Newt Gingrich on Wednesday for a twitter post made by the former House Speaker accusing Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotoma...

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