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http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/legal_beat/2009/06/sotomayor-repeatedly-reference.html
SHE REALLY DOES THINK SPICS KNOW IT ALL.
SHE REALLY DOES THINK SPICS KNOW IT ALL.
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dream on, jbj
read the fourth sentence from the end. but don't stop dreamin!
(rush was right about the rocket ship!)
wiki has an excellent detailed bio, including about her politics and legal positions taken.
Federal District Court
Sotomayor was thus nominated on November 27, 1991, by President George H. W. Bush to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by John M. Walker, Jr.[4] Senate Judiciary Committee hearings, led by a friendly Democratic majority, went smoothly for her in June 1992, with her pro bono activities winning praise from Senator Ted Kennedy and her getting unanimous approval from the committee.[5][59][61]
Then a Republican senator blocked her nomination and that of three others for a while in retaliation for an unrelated block Democrats had put on another nominee.[59][62] D'Amato objected strongly;[62] some weeks later, the block was dropped and Sotomayor was confirmed by unanimous consent[44][59] by the full United States Senate on August 11, 1992, and received her commission the next day.[4]
Court of Appeals; Nomination and confirmation
On June 25, 1997, Sotomayor was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which was vacated by J. Daniel Mahoney.[4] Her nomination was initially expected to have smooth sailing,[18][72] but as The New York Times described, "[it became] embroiled in the sometimes tortured judicial politics of the Senate."[73] Some Republicans had become convinced that Sotomayor was being fast-tracked for a near-term Supreme Court nomination, despite there being no vacancy at the time nor any indication the Clinton administration was considering nominating her or any Hispanic, and tried to slow down her confirmation accordingly.[13][72][73] Radio commentator Rush Limbaugh weighed in that Sotomayor was an ultraliberal who was on a "rocket ship" to the highest court.[72]
During her September 1997 hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sotomayor parried strong questioning from some Republican members about mandatory sentencing, gay rights, and her level of respect for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.[61] After a long wait, she was approved by the committee in March 1998, with only two dissensions.[61][72]
However, in June 1998, The Wall Street Journal editorial page denounced her as a left-wing judicial activist, and the Republican block continued.[18][72] Ranking Democratic committee member Patrick Leahy criticized the Republican move by saying, "Their reasons are stupid at best and cowardly at worst."[72]
During 1998, several Hispanic organizations organized a petition drive in New York State, generating hundreds of signatures from New Yorkers to try to convince New York Republican Senator Al D'Amato to push the Senate leadership to bring Sotomayor's nomination to a vote.[74] D'Amato, a backer of Sotomayor to begin with and additionally concerned about being up for re-election that year,[74] helped move Republican leadership.[9]
Her nomination had been pending for over a year when Majority Leader Trent Lott scheduled the vote.[73] With complete Democratic support, and support from 25 Republican senators including Judiciary chair Orrin Hatch,[73] Sotomayor was confirmed on October 2, 1998 by a 67-29 vote.[75]
She received her commission on October 7.[4] The confirmation experience left Sotomayor somewhat angry; she said shortly afterwards that during the hearings Republicans had assumed her political beliefs based on her being a Latina: "That series of questions, I think, were symbolic of a set of expectations that some people had [that] I must be liberal. It is stereotyping, and stereotyping is perhaps the most insidious of all problems in our society today."[18]
read the fourth sentence from the end. but don't stop dreamin!
(rush was right about the rocket ship!)
wiki has an excellent detailed bio, including about her politics and legal positions taken.
Federal District Court
Sotomayor was thus nominated on November 27, 1991, by President George H. W. Bush to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by John M. Walker, Jr.[4] Senate Judiciary Committee hearings, led by a friendly Democratic majority, went smoothly for her in June 1992, with her pro bono activities winning praise from Senator Ted Kennedy and her getting unanimous approval from the committee.[5][59][61]
Then a Republican senator blocked her nomination and that of three others for a while in retaliation for an unrelated block Democrats had put on another nominee.[59][62] D'Amato objected strongly;[62] some weeks later, the block was dropped and Sotomayor was confirmed by unanimous consent[44][59] by the full United States Senate on August 11, 1992, and received her commission the next day.[4]
Court of Appeals; Nomination and confirmation
On June 25, 1997, Sotomayor was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which was vacated by J. Daniel Mahoney.[4] Her nomination was initially expected to have smooth sailing,[18][72] but as The New York Times described, "[it became] embroiled in the sometimes tortured judicial politics of the Senate."[73] Some Republicans had become convinced that Sotomayor was being fast-tracked for a near-term Supreme Court nomination, despite there being no vacancy at the time nor any indication the Clinton administration was considering nominating her or any Hispanic, and tried to slow down her confirmation accordingly.[13][72][73] Radio commentator Rush Limbaugh weighed in that Sotomayor was an ultraliberal who was on a "rocket ship" to the highest court.[72]
During her September 1997 hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sotomayor parried strong questioning from some Republican members about mandatory sentencing, gay rights, and her level of respect for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.[61] After a long wait, she was approved by the committee in March 1998, with only two dissensions.[61][72]
However, in June 1998, The Wall Street Journal editorial page denounced her as a left-wing judicial activist, and the Republican block continued.[18][72] Ranking Democratic committee member Patrick Leahy criticized the Republican move by saying, "Their reasons are stupid at best and cowardly at worst."[72]
During 1998, several Hispanic organizations organized a petition drive in New York State, generating hundreds of signatures from New Yorkers to try to convince New York Republican Senator Al D'Amato to push the Senate leadership to bring Sotomayor's nomination to a vote.[74] D'Amato, a backer of Sotomayor to begin with and additionally concerned about being up for re-election that year,[74] helped move Republican leadership.[9]
Her nomination had been pending for over a year when Majority Leader Trent Lott scheduled the vote.[73] With complete Democratic support, and support from 25 Republican senators including Judiciary chair Orrin Hatch,[73] Sotomayor was confirmed on October 2, 1998 by a 67-29 vote.[75]
She received her commission on October 7.[4] The confirmation experience left Sotomayor somewhat angry; she said shortly afterwards that during the hearings Republicans had assumed her political beliefs based on her being a Latina: "That series of questions, I think, were symbolic of a set of expectations that some people had [that] I must be liberal. It is stereotyping, and stereotyping is perhaps the most insidious of all problems in our society today."[18]
TE999
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No surprise here. When the extent of your legal objectivity is questioned, play the race card. That sends your questioners running for cover because no one wants to be thought of as racist. Problem solved. Her confirmation should be about as difficult as beating a one-legged man at hopscotch.
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No surprise here. When the extent of your legal objectivity is questioned, play the race card. That sends your questioners running for cover because no one wants to be thought of as racist. Problem solved. Her confirmation should be about as difficult as beating a one-legged man at hopscotch.
ummmm, dude... I've got blonde hair, blue eyes and I get stereotyped on a daily basis. What she's talking about is simple minded stupidity, not racism.
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JAMESBJOHNSON
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Its not likely that many are upset with the racist label. Racist is a boogieman that scares the Usual Suspects. The rest of us couldnt care less.
TE999
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For being a blonde I trust.
Racisim is stupidity...more specifically, it's a combination of ignorance, distorted perception and preconceived notions by anyone of any race.
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TE999
Some races are destined to be superior runners, some are destined to be superior swimmers, some are destined to be heavy thinkers, and some are destined to be heavy lifters.
Some races are destined to be superior runners, some are destined to be superior swimmers, some are destined to be heavy thinkers, and some are destined to be heavy lifters.
TE999
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Some are destined to be superior, period. At least that was the concept underpinning the Thousand Year Reich...and we all know how that turned out.
