Of Racial Politics and Supreme Court Nominations

By: Mr_Ed (Diary)  |  May 26th at 02:12 PM  | 

I have two early observations about today’s announcement of Sonia Sotemayor as President Obama’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. Headline:  “First Black President Nominates First Hispanic SC Justice.”  Unfortunately both parts of this statement are inaccurate.  Our president is not black but of mixed race.  Sotemayor is not the first Hispanic nominee.  FDR nominated an Hispanic justice (a Spanish-American). One broadcast journalist made the | Read More »