Tag: Sonia Sotomayor
Sonia Sotomayor Doesn’t Suffer Fools
On Monday, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor called out the racially insensitive comments of a federal prosecutor. Via TPM, here’s what Mr./Ms. “Professional” Prosecutor said:
The prosecutor–whom Sotomayor refused to name–said during cross-examination of a drug conspiracy case: “You’ve got African-Americans, you’ve got Hispanics, you’ve got a bag full of money. Does that tell you–a light bulb doesn’t go off in your head and say, This is a drug deal?”
Here’s Sotomayor’s response:
“It is deeply disappointing to see a representative of the United States resort to this basic tactic more than a decade into the 21st century,” Sotomayor said. “We expect the government to seek justice, not fan the flames of fear and prejudice.”
“I hope never to see a case like this again,” Sotomayor concluded.
Sotomayor Confirmation Vote Today
The confirmation vote to make Sonia Sotomayor the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court is expected today. The confirmation is all but inevitable, the only remaining question is what the final vote total will be. Thirty Republicans have announced they are voting no, including Orrin Hatch who has never voted no on a SCOTUS […]
Sotomayor Passes Senate Judiciary Committee
This just in: As expected, the Senate Judiciary Committee has voted mostly along party lines to give a favorable recommendation to the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to replace David Souter on the Supreme Court. Her name will now be sent to the full Senate, where she will be confirmed next week. The vote was 13 […]
Final Sotomayor Hearings Open Thread
Highlights from Day 4 (final day) of the Sotomayor confirmation hearings.
Sotomayor Hearings Day 4 Open Thread
Highlights from day 3 of the confirmation hearings for Sonia Sotomayor.
Sotomayor Hearings Day 3 Open Thread
Highlights of questioning from day 2 of the Sotomayor confirmation hearings.
Fresh Sotomayor Hearings Thread
Since you were all so chatty yesterday, here’s a fresh new thread to discuss the Sonia Sotomayor hearings. Here’s a recap of yesterday’s hearings from TPM. Here are yesterday’s opening statements. Pay special attention to Senator Whitehouse’s statement. Plus, brand new Senator Franken spoke! w00t! TPM is also featuring liveblogging by a legal expert.
Sotomayor Hearings Start Today
Within weeks we should have a new Supreme Court associate justice, but the Republicans will try to make things interesting. Among the people that have been called as witnesses against Sotomayor are a Bush appointee who foresaw the need to create internment camps for Arab-Americans, anti-abortion activists and Frank Ricci, the dyslexic fireman from the […]
How Did That Anti-Sotomayor Campaign Work Out?
The Republicans already admitted that the Sotomayor nomination fight has failed to inspire the donations they expected. Now some polling has shown how much their over-the-top crazy rhetoric has hurt their standing with Latinos. Favorability of Republican Party among Latinos May 18-21 (before the Sotomayor nomination) Favorable 11 Unfavorable 79 No Opinion 10 June 15-18 […]
The War On Sotomayor Is Ineffective
There are new poll results from the Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll. Click on the link to get the full results (including regional and party breakdowns). Overall numbers: Opinion of Sotomayor: 56 favorable, 29 unfavorable On whether Sotomayor is a racist: 8 yes, 61 no On whether “empathy” is important for a justice: 52 yes, 29 […]
Surprise, Surprise: Limbaugh Is A Hypocrite
The news Wednesday was that Rush Limbaugh said he might support Sotomayor after all. Here’s what he said: We know she’s Catholic. We also know she has no record on abortion. Sonia Sotomayor being Catholic and having not said a word about abortion, I find that interesting. All libs who want to go anywhere in […]
This Space Intentionally Left Blank
Republicans, fight among yourselves. First, we have Newt Gingrich tweeting from Auschwitz that Sotomayor is a racist. And former Congressman Tom Tancredo doubles down by calling La Raza equivalent to the KKK. Senator John Cornyn is obviously worried about the perception that the war on Sotomayor will take down the entire Republican party, saying this: […]
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