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"Unsettling": Chief Justice John Roberts On Changing Supreme Court

Huffington Post | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Politics, Chief Justice John Roberts, Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Wise Latina, C-Span, David Souter, Stephen G. Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court, Politics News

For Chief Justice John Roberts, the arrival of a new Supreme Court justice is "to some extent .... unsettling." Justice Roberts, a relative newcomer ...

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What Makes Us Wise?

Julia Moulden | Posted 09.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Paul Simon, Oprah, Careers, Macarthur, New Radicals, Wise, Wisdom, Anne Lamott, Nobel, Julia Moulden, Wise Latina, Wise Owl, The Inner Life, Living News

Is thinking about wisdom part of getting older? Lately, I've been wondering what wisdom is. Here's how my dictionary defines it, "Understanding what...

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Now It's Cool To Be a "Wise Latina Woman" (in Small, Medium, or Large)

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 09.20.2009 | Style

Read More: Health Care Reform, Wise Latina Woman T Shirt, Wise Latina, Wise Latina Woman for Health Care Reform, Phoenix Rally, Sonia Sotomayor, Style News

If it has the phrase 'Wise Latina Woman' on it, it's selling like hotcakes. Bumper stickers, note cards, women's undies, dog jerseys -- and for the men, a 'My wife is a Wise Latina' shirt.

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The GOP's 'Wise Latina' Problem

Dolores Huerta | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wise Latina, Supreme Court, Gop, Hispanics, Republican Party, Scotus, Sonia Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Sotomayor Confirmation, Sotomayor Republicans, Politics News

The Right never expressed disapproval over rulings by Scalia and other conservatives who concur with Sotomayor, underscoring how disingenuous attacks by the NRA and its allies have been.

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Franken Blasts Supreme Court During Sotomayor Vote

The Minnesota Independent | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Judicial Activism, Minnesota, Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Franken, Sotomayor Vote, Sonia Sotomayor, Al Franken, Wise Latina, Supreme Court, Amy Klobuchar, John Roberts Court, Politics News

Al Franken spewed fire and Amy Klobuchar threw brimstone this morning at the Senate Judiciary Committee's vote on Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the ...

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Defending "Wise Latina"

Bloggingheads.tv | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wise Latina, John Roberts, Sonia Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Sotomayor-Wise-Latina, Politics News

Dayo argues, as a Latina, Sotomayor has more life experience and knowledge of America than John Roberts -- experience that goes beyond "White People Land."

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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

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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Sotomayor: More 'Splainin' to Do

Allison Silver | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wise Latina, Supreme Court, Latino, Tom Coburn, Some Splainin to Do, Desi Arnaz, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News

The blogosphere erupted after Sen. Coburn (R-Okla.), while grilling Sotomayor, joked, "You'll have lots of 'splainin' to do." Coburn was repeating a line used regularly by Desi Arnaz in "I Love Lucy."

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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

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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Handling the "Whoopses": Judge Sotomayor and The Art of Fixing a Misspeak.

Michael Maslansky | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Mark Sanford, Fortune 500, Senate Judiciary Committee, Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign, Governor Sarah Palin, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, The Godfather, Judge Sotomayor, Ceos, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Wise Latina, Hillary Clinton, Mark Sanford Affair, Politics News

In today's age of the media microscope, every judge, politician or CEO has at least one "whoops" that they wish they hadn't said or done. The challenge is in how well you handle your critics.

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'Wise Latinas' Say Sotomayor Need Not Apologize

AP | JESSE WASHINGTON | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Sotomayor Confirmation Hearing, Wise Latinas, Sonia Sotomayor, Judge Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Sotomayor, Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing, Wise Latina, Politics News

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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The Sotomayor Hearings - Branding the Neo-Confederates

Paul Loeb | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wise Latina, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Jeff Sessions, Sotomayor Confirmation, Sonia Sotomayor, Klan, Latino Vote, Republican Racism, Politics News

If you read the liberal blogosphere, you know about Senator Sessions's history of dubious racial statements. If you're following on most of the mainstream media, you don't.

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Wise Latina, Meet Ricky Ricardo...

Phil Bronstein | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Cornyn, Supreme Court, Wise Latina, Politics, Tom Coburn, Phil Bronstein, Scotus, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News

Ricky Ricardo always got blindsided, then hustled by his ditzy wife. All she needed to do was apologize and maybe cry a little. Neither Sotomayor nor Senator Coburn seem like they'll be doing any weeping.

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Sonia Sotomayor and the Real Meaning of Republican Talking Points

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Wise Latina, Latino, US Senate, Antonin Scalia, Sonia Sotomayor, Jeff Sessions, Racism, White, John Roberts, Jon Kyl, Politics News

Asserting that a judge's background and experience influence their decision is not unlike asserting that the Pacific Ocean is wet.

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

David Weinberger | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Supreme Court, Wise Latina Woman, Scotus, Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor, Wise Latina, Diversity, Politics News

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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Sotomayor Challenge Blows Up in Sessions' Face

The Wall Street Journal | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama Sonia Sotomayor, Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Wise Latina, Sessions, Jeff Sessions, Judge Miriam Cedarbaum, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Sotomayor Hearings, Politics News

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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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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The Terrible Price of Being Tagged a Reverse Racist

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Reverse Racist, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Senate, President Obama, Supreme Court, Wise Latina, Confirmation, Racism, Rush Limbaugh, Newt Gingrich, Politics News

Sotomayor and any minority perceived to be a threat to corporate and political white male dominance will be branded a reverse racist. This is not new.

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