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    Sotomayor: Court Jester or Judge as King?

    May 29, 2009 at 11:01 am

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    Walter Olson recently expressed some discontent over the hullabaloo raised by his conservative allies concerning the now infamous Sotomayor “where policy is made” YouTube video. He states: Some conservatives keep publicizing a YouTube clip where she confides to a panel-discussion audience that appeals courts are “where policy is made.” Sorry, … More

    Don’t Forget Sotomayor’s “Inherent Physiological or Cultural Differences”

    May 28, 2009 at 3:31 pm

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    Dana Milbank has dubbed them Sotomayor’s “32 words.” And apparently White House press secretary Bob Gibbs “wasn’t prepared” to explain them. Which words are those: 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 … More

    A Troubling Decision, a Troubling Speech, and a Troubling Nomination

    May 27, 2009 at 10:08 am

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    Imagine if you can a situation in which a white federal judge approved the clear and obvious discrimination engaged in by a small Southern town in denying black firefighters promotion by throwing out the results of a civil service examination. Only black firefighters did well enough on the racially-neutral exam … More

    Morning Bell: Sotomayor’s Troubling Record

    May 27, 2009 at 9:17 am

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    There’s not a liberal America and a conservative America; there is the United States of America. There’s not a black America and a white America and Latino America and Asian America; there is the United States of America. – Then Illinois state senator Barack Obama, speaking to the 2004 Democratic … More

    N.Y. Times: Sotomayor Ignores Inconvenient Laws

    May 27, 2009 at 8:20 am

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    In its editorial today endorsing Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court, the New York Times makes a bizarre claim that, if true, is extremely troubling. Sotomayor, the paper claims, has not only “repeatedly displayed the empathy” espoused by President Obama, but gone a step further: “She has shown … More

    A Victory for Marriage and Democracy

    May 26, 2009 at 6:01 pm

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    Today the California Supreme Court rejected requests by same-sex marriage advocates to strike down Proposition 8, the ballot measure that democratically superseded an earlier decision by the California Supreme Court that redefined marriage to include same-sex unions in that state. In May of 2008, the California Supreme Court interpreted the … More

    On Net, No Change? Not Quite

    May 26, 2009 at 5:46 pm

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    Eight hours later, and it’s already become an old canard: Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s elevation to the High Court won’t affect its balance one bit. It may be an effective talking point—the Left seems to think so—but it isn’t true. Consider just one area of law, business law. As concerns businesses … More

    Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor in Her Own Words

    May 26, 2009 at 3:57 pm

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    Issues Facing Latino Judiciary symposium sponsored by the Berkeley La Raza Law Journal, October 2001: I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion [as a judge] than a white male who hasn’t lived that life. … More

    In Their Own Words: Sonia Sotomayor

    May 26, 2009 at 1:22 pm

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    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. – President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor, October 2001. Read the full … More

    Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor on Whether Judges Make Policy

    May 26, 2009 at 10:43 am

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    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfC99LrrM2Q&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Follow Heritage’s continuing coverage of the Sonia Sotomayor nomination to the Supreme Court.

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    Morning Bell: 3 Things You Should Know About the Supreme Court and Voter ID

    Yesterday, the Supreme Court handed down one of its first major decisions of this term, striking down Arizona’s measure requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration. Media reports are already off base in interpreting this decision, says Heritage legal expert Hans von Spakovsky. Here are three things to know about … More

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