Senate Republicans ready to oppose Sotomayor

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  June 23rd at 07:16 AM  | 

Senate Republicans to ramp up opposition, in a respectful and fair manner, against Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Alabama Republican Senator Jeff Sessions, the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, will  lead this week’s charge against President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee In a series of speeches Republican Senators will focus on “Sotomayor’s involvement with the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, the New Haven firefighters case, | Read More »

‘Wise Latina’ still a problem for Sotomayor

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  June 5th at 02:29 PM  | 

As you have no doubt heard by now, much has been made about Supreme Court nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s 2001 speech during which she said, “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.” I haven’t thought much of the allegations that | Read More »