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Judging Sonia: In Defense of Judicial Activism and a Wise Latina

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Judicial Nomination, Judicial Review, Women Judges, Women Lawyers, Senate Judiciary Committee, Policy Making, Legislation, Law and Cultural Diversity, Sotomayor Hearings, Wise Latina, Judicial Nominee, Judicial Restraint, Judicial Authority, Policy Makers, Judicial Activism, Sonia Sotomayor, Sotomayor, Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings, Politics News
Arlene M. Roberts

What is the role or expectation of a justice on the Supreme Court? An adherent of precedent? A policy maker? And just how did judicial activism garner such a tarnished reputation?

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Pat Buchanan Attacks Affirmative Action And Sonia Sotomayor

Guy T. Saperstein | Posted 08.17.2009 | Media

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Guy T. Saperstein

The white-male affirmative action which bozos like George Bush benefited from undermine healthy competition and produce bad results.

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Sotomayor Confirmation: Senate's Lone Hispanic Republican Mel Martinez Backs Sotomayor

AP | By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- The Senate's lone Hispanic Republican says he'll vote for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Florida Republican Mel Martinez call...

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The Ledbetter Lesson

Jessica Arons | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sotomayor, Pregnancy-Discrimination-Act, Ledbetter v Goodyear, Frank Ricci, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice Roberts, Politics News
Jessica Arons

Many hoped the Court would abandon its quest to place its own ideology ahead of settled law. Yet it is clear that these justices still have not learned their lesson.

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Gender and the Judge: Sotomayor Encounters a Familiar Bias

Peggy Drexler | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

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Peggy Drexler

The direct questioning has been (mostly) civil and (mostly) relevant to the job of serving on the highest court in the land. But it is the flanking actions that say volumes about the realities of women, work and bias.

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Punching the Tar Baby

Larry Gellman | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Confederacy, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Mark Levin, Right Wing Media, Congress, Audra Shay, Peggy Noonan, Colin Powell, Rush Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Jeff Sessions, Right Wing, Hispanics, Democrats, Democratic Party, Uncle Remus, David Brooks, Sonia Sotomayor, Sotomayor, David Frum, Racism, Hate Speech, Black, Glenn Beck, Republican Party, Right-Wing Extremism, Republicans, Politics News
Larry Gellman

From the moment Judge Sotomayor was nominated to the court, the Right wing made it clear that they were going to play the only card left in the Republican deck -- the race card.

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Who's the Real Racist?

Favianna Rodriguez | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wise Latina, Sotomayor Racism, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News
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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Sotomayor's Bronx School, Blessed Sacrament, Inspires Today's Students

New York Times | MANNY FERNANDEZ | Posted 08.16.2009 | New York

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Lately, students at Blessed Sacrament have been doing a lot of talking about what they want to be, as the most famous graduate in the school's nearly ...

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Sotomayor Hearings (VIDEO, UPDATES): Day 4

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

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Judge Sonia Sotomayor appeared Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the fourth day of her Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Our full ...

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Reading the Pictures: Reaching the High Court on the Backs of White Heroes

Michael Shaw | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, New Haven, Sotomayor, Frank Ricci, Firefighters, Confirmation Hearings, Politics News
Michael Shaw

2009-07-16-20090716NewHavenfirefightersSotomayorhearing.jpgThis line of primarily white "first responders" makes for a vivid non-verbal argument that Sonia is stepping up to the high court on the backs of these white heroes.

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The JusticeBot 9000

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Court, Baseball, JusticeBot 9000, Empathy, Racist, Judge Sotomayor, States Rights, Scotus, Racial, Confirmation Hearings, Republican, Robot, Judge, Constitution, Chris Weigant, Farce, Satire, Balls and Strikes, Sonia Sotomayor, Some Splainin to Do, Spoof, Racism, Sotomayor, Confirmation, Umpire, Justice, Republican Party, Justicebot, Politics News
Chris Weigant

The JusticeBot 9000: You said you wanted a machine that took all the human factor out of the law, so that emotion and empathy would be forever banished from the bench.

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'Wise Latinas' Say Sotomayor Need Not Apologize

AP | JESSE WASHINGTON | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

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They are Latinas, women of accomplishment, experience – and what might even be called wisdom. And they say there is no reason for Sonia Sotomayo...

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Persons With Empathy Need Not Apply

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sotomayor, Supreme Court Diversity, Senate Confirmation, Empathy, Politics News
Judge H. Lee Sarokin

Empathy is to be embraced, not condemned. Experience informs, but does not dictate, the outcome.

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Rick Sanchez Meets With The 'Wisest Of All Latina Women' (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.15.2009 | Media

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On the third day of Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearing, the 'Wise Latina' meme pressed on. On CNN, Rick Sanchez even went to talk to some o...

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Sonia Sotomayor's Amazing Judicial Temperament

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Women in Politics, Power, Scotus, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor, Sotomayor Hearings, Politics News
Madeleine M. Kunin

Sotomayor displayed admirable self-control and patience throughout this hearing. I, on the other hand, found myself yelling at the TV screen during the question periods from some of the senators.

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GOP Senators: Sotomayor Firefighter Plaintiff Is Victim Of "Smear Campaign"

The New Haven Independent | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Haven Firefighters, Sotomayor Confirmation, Ricci Smear, People for the American Way, Race, Ricci v. Destefano, Americans With Disabilities Act, Frank Ricci, Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court Ricci, Supreme Court, Orrin Hatch, Senator John Cornyn, Politics News

As firefighter Frank Ricci arrived in the nation's capital for his moment in the spotlight, U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch came to the his defense against an a...

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Senator, Would You Be Ok With an All White Court? Really?

David Weinberger | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

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David Weinberger

If all else were equal, would you prefer to have a Court made up of nine white men from similar backgrounds, or a Court that includes men and women of various hues and from a variety of backgrounds?

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Maureen Dowd: What A Wise Latina Knows About "A Gaggle Of White Republican Men"

New York Times | MAUREEN DOWD | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

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You can't judge a judge by her cover. Despite the best efforts of Republicans to root out any sign that Sonia Sotomayor has emotions that color her...

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Sotomayor Hearings (VIDEO, UPDATES): Day 3

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

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Judge Sonia Sotomayor appeared Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the third day of her Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Our full ...

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Sotomayor Challenge Blows Up in Sessions' Face

The Wall Street Journal | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

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

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Sam Stein

Sessions Suggests Sotomayor Should Have Been Influenced By Her Ancestry (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

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A sort of weird moment transpired towards the end of Sen. Jeff Sessions questioning of Judge Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday. Arguing that the Supreme Cour...

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Sotomayor Hearings (VIDEO, UPDATES): Day 2

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

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Judge Sonia Sotomayor appeared Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the second day of her Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Our full liv...

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Newt Gingrich Starts Twittering In "Ghetto" Spanish

Think Progress | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gingrich, Republican Party, Gop, Twittering, Twitter, Nancy Pelosi, Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor, Wise Latina, Spanish, Gingrich Espanol, Bilingual Education, Newt Gingrich, Politics News

Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich is notorious for his active -- and sometimes controversial -- musings on Twitter. But not only does he h...

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Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings: Live 9 AM CT/10 AM ET

The Uptake | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Confirmation Hearings, Politics News
The Uptake

Hi, UpTakers. We're partnering with Mother Jones to bring you live the Sotomayor Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Join us live today, July 13th,...

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Today In HuffPost New York

Dan Collins | Posted 08.13.2009 | New York

Read More: Pedro Espada, New York, Sonia Sotomayor, New York City, Sonia Sotomayor New York, Sotomayor, New York News
Dan Collins

In New York, everybody's ethnic. Even the most clannish New Yorker rubs up against so many different people of so many levels of accomplishment, it's almost impossible to miss the fact that every group is a mixture of overachievers and stupendous embarrassments.

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