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Sotomayor Will Tilt Court to Left: Rosen
Sotomayor Will Tilt Court to
Left: Rosen
OPINION
Jun 17, 2009 2:03 PM CDT

Sotomayor Will Tilt Court to Left: Rosen

Dissents shows her boldly liberal on civil liberties, economy

(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor will certainly sway the Supreme Court to the left, writes Jeffrey Rosen in the New Republic, offering an analysis of her decisions that obviously attempts to make up for his earlier, widely excoriated takedown before Sotomayor got the nod from President Obama—and before he had a studied...

High Court Won't Hear Challenge to Border Fence

(Newser) - The Supreme Court has refused to hear a challenge to the completion of the border fence between the US and Mexico, Fox News reports. Environmental groups, an Indian tribe, and the city of El Paso brought the challenge, contending that a fence will cut off access to the Rio Grande...

Bush 41: Lay Off Sotomayor
 Bush 41: Lay Off Sotomayor 
Jun 12, 2009 2:56 PM CDT

Bush 41: Lay Off Sotomayor

(Newser) - Calling Sonia Sotomayor racist for her now-infamous “wise Latina” remark “doesn't help the process,” former president George H.W. Bush tells CNN. "I don't know her that well but I think she's had a distinguished record on the bench and she should be entitled to fair...

Sotomayor Has Precious Little Liberal Cred
Sotomayor Has Precious Little Liberal Cred
OPINION
Jun 10, 2009 11:57 AM CDT

Sotomayor Has Precious Little Liberal Cred

No way to know if would-be justice is a social progressive

(Newser) - All the talk about race has obscured what, for liberals, ought to be the central question about Sonia Sotomayor: Is she progressive enough? There’s precious little evidence either way, writes Dayo Olopade of The Root. Sotomayor’s 2nd Circuit court leans conservative and handles mostly commercial cases; she’s...

Sotomayor 'Tough as Nails': Brother

Calls them 'derogatory' and 'off-base,' praises sister in interview

(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor’s brother considers criticism of his sister “insulting, derogatory, off-base," the Supreme Court nominee's only sibling tells Good Morning America. “Angry is just the beginning” of how he feels about the attacks, Juan Sotomayor said, calling Sonia a “wonderful woman” and “the perfect...

Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings Start July 13

Senate judiciary chair: it's a 'reasonable schedule'

(Newser) - Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor will convene on July 13, says the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman. Patrick Leahy said the date represents a "reasonable schedule" that would give committee members several more weeks to prepare. President Obama has urged the Senate to vote before it leaves...

Ginsburg Delays Chrysler-Fiat Deal

(Newser) - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg today put a temporary stay on the sale of Chrysler to Italian automaker Fiat, SCOTUSBlog reports. Ginsburg’s motion allows the justices to further consider the matter, and either postpone the sale or let it go forward. A full postponement of the sale would...

Court: Elected Judges Can't Rule on Major Donors

Kennedy gives opinion in 5-4 decision

(Newser) - The Supreme Court ruled today that elected judges must recuse themselves from cases when large campaign contributions from interested parties create the appearance of bias. By a 5-4 vote in a case from West Virginia, the court said that a judge who remained involved in a lawsuit filed against his...

Supreme Court Quashes 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Case

(Newser) - The Supreme Court has turned down a challenge to the Defense Department policy forbidding gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military, granting a request by the Obama administration. The court won't hear an appeal from Army Capt. James Pietrangelo II, who was dismissed under the "don't ask,...

Similar Lives Led Sotomayor, Thomas Down Different Paths

On and off the bench, they often work at cross-purposes

(Newser) - The lives of Sonia Sotomayor and Clarence Thomas have parallels—humble beginnings, fatherless childhoods, Yale Law, affirmative action—but their conclusions are contrary. “For the first time, the Supreme Court would include two minority judges, but ones who stand at opposite poles of thinking about race, identity, and opportunity,...

Foes Ask Supreme Court to Block Chrysler-Fiat Deal

(Newser) - Opponents of Chrysler's sale to Fiat are asking the Supreme Court to block the deal. Three Indiana state pension and construction funds filed emergency papers at the high court early today to put the sale on hold so they can pursue an appeal. The emergency request goes first to Justice...

Chinese Muslims at Gitmo Press Supreme Court to Act

(Newser) - The 17 Uighurs being held at Guantanamo issued a challenge to the Supreme Court today in petitioning for their release, the Miami Herald reports. "The historic role of the Judicial Branch is to demand the release of prisoners precisely when the political branches find release inconvenient," their petition...

'Wise Latina' Reference a Favorite of Sotomayor's

(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor’s now-infamous “wise Latina woman” statement wasn’t an isolated incident, CQ Politics reports. The phrase crops up multiple times in speeches  delivered from 1994 to 2003 and released yesterday ahead of the Supreme Court nominee's Senate confirmation hearings. Some speeches contain the same line exactly; others...

Voters Favor Sotomayor 2-1: Poll

55% approve of Obama's pick

(Newser) - Another poll has shown widespread support for Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination, Bloomberg reports. Of 3,000 voters polled by Quinnipiac University, 55% approved of President Obama's choice and 25% disapproved. But the Senate will ultimately decide, and Sotomayor is spending her third straight day meeting with lawmakers on the...

Sotomayor: Good Judge, Crappy Writer
Sotomayor:
Good Judge, Crappy Writer
OPINION
Jun 4, 2009 12:04 PM CDT

Sotomayor: Good Judge, Crappy Writer

Dry, plodding opinions could make her left's Clarence Thomas

(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor obviously has her talents, but “writing isn’t one of them,” writes Stephanie Mencimer in Mother Jones. “Sotomayor’s opinions read like she’s still following a formula she learned in college.” Whereas someone like Antonin Scalia wows with his airy and convincing prose,...

Sotomayor's Nunchuks Ruling Worries Gun Groups

Gun rights advocates fear nominee may seek to undermine Second Amendment

(Newser) - Ninjas aren't the only people concerned about Sonia Sotomayor's decision earlier this year to uphold New York's ban on nunchuks, or nunchakus, CQPolitics reports. The Supreme Court nominee was on a panel that rejected a man's claim that the ban on the martial arts weapon violated his Second Amendment right...

Sotomayor Also Made 'Wise Woman' Comment in '94
Sotomayor Also Made 'Wise Woman' Comment in '94
ANALYSIS
Jun 3, 2009 4:27 PM CDT

Sotomayor Also Made 'Wise Woman' Comment in '94

(Newser) - A new wrinkle in the flap over Sonia Sotomayor’s “wise Latina” comment: The Supreme Court nominee said almost exactly the same thing in 1994, reports Greg Sargent on Plum Line. Senators had a copy of the speech but made no mention of it when they confirmed her in...

Limbaugh May Back Sotomayor After All

(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh is willing to back Sonia Sotomayor if her nomination to the Supreme Court offers even the “opportunity” of overturning Roe v. Wade, Politico reports. Limbaugh noted today on his radio show that Sotomayor “doesn't have a clear record on abortion” and is a Catholic. “I...

Michelle: Sotomayor 'Ready'
 Michelle: Sotomayor 'Ready' 
Jun 3, 2009 1:41 PM CDT

Michelle: Sotomayor 'Ready'

(Newser) - Michelle Obama threw herself into the Sotomayor debate today in a commencement address she gave to a DC charter school, Politico reports. She likened Sotomayor’s experience to hers and her husband’s, recalling people “sowing seeds of doubt” about them. “Judge Sotomayor is more than ready,”...

Newt Backs Off 'Racist' Comment

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich today backed off his remark that Sonia Sotomayor is a “Latina woman racist,” the Boston Globe reports. When he heard the Supreme Court nominee’s now-infamous “wise Latina” soundbite, “my initial reaction was strong and direct,” he wrote in his blog today on...

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