Archive for the 'Sonia Sotomayor' Category
Stiff Competition
Posted on July 15, 2009 by andrew- Filed Under Sonia Sotomayor, Tom Coburn, race | Leave a Comment
Which Republican senator will be able to claim the title of Most Racist at the conclusion of these confirmation hearings? Tom Coburn makes a strong argument in his own favor.
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Sotomayor, Day 2
Posted on May 27, 2009 by andrew- Filed Under Sonia Sotomayor, wingnuts | Leave a Comment
I love this Yglesias line:
I had assumed that the way this was going to go was that conservatives would complain that Sotomayor is too liberal, then progressives would try to imply that conservatives were opposing Sotomayor because she’s too Latina, and then conservatives would whine. Instead, though, a large proportion of conservative really do seem [...]
SCOTUS Appointment Thoughts
Posted on May 26, 2009 by andrew- Filed Under Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court | Leave a Comment
1) I know nothing about her jurisprudence, but Sonia Sotomayor has a very intriguing biography. President Obama appears to have meant what he said about looking for a justice who came from a different background than most of his or her colleagues-to-be. If you believe that a judge’s life experiences will inevitably shape his or [...]
