Sessions’ repetition seemed like piling on. What was the point? Was he trying to catch Sotomayor in a contradiction? To gain an admission? To score points back home?
Posts Tagged ‘Judge Sotomayor’
Jacob Reitan: No LGBT Rights Mentioned in Sotomayor’s Confirmation Hearing
July 14th, 2009 |
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I watched the opening statements made by the nineteen senators in Monday’s confirmation hearing for Judge Sotomayor. Each senator previewed what they were going to…
Eric Deggans: For this wise African American, Sotomayor hearings reveal the heart of race conflict in America
July 14th, 2009 |
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Never have I wanted more to throw a brick through the screen of my television. Watching Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor sit stoically through a…
Murray Fromson: Three Cheers for Sotomayor
July 14th, 2009 |
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Judge Sonia Sotomayor and I can never forget the mutual experiences we endured as children of the Bronx and fans of the New York Yankees.
Progressive Ideas Network: Ideology is Missing Element of Progressive Strategy
July 13th, 2009 |
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Ideology is Missing Element of Progressive Strategy By Sean Thomas-Breitfeld, Center for Community Change In spite of the possibility that November’s election created for transformational…
Virginia Sanchez-Korrol: Sotomayor’s “Wise Latinas”
July 13th, 2009 |
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Informed initially by their own experiences, these Latinas galvanized efforts to effect societal change that produced results far beyond identity politics. Each could serve as a worthy role model for Latina and non-Latina professionals.
Marvin Ammori: What Sotomayor Could Mean for Network Neutrality and the First Amendment
July 13th, 2009 |
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Senator Al Franken will ask Judge Sotomayor questions this week as a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and has said he will ask about…
Stephen Kaus: Fighting Sotomayor, Republicans Falsely Advance Fire Fighter Ricci as the White Man’s Rosa Parks
July 12th, 2009 |
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On Ricci, Sotomayor is in line with four of the nine current members of the U.S. Supreme Court. It is not she who is starting a race war.
Emma Coleman Jordan: Have TV Talkers been Fair to Judge Sotomayor?
July 11th, 2009 |
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We have all read and heard the repetitive discussion of the “wise Latina” quote. But what many have not paid attention to is the unfair…
Nan Aron: Let the Hearing Begin
July 10th, 2009 |
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The Senate Judiciary Committee will convene Monday morning at 10:00 a.m. to begin the hearing on Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to become an associate justice of…