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Senate Judiciary Committee approves Sotomayor
12:25 PM on 07/28/2009
The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to approve US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice...
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Sotomayor may pass ultimate one-size-fits-all test
7:43 AM on 07/28/2009
Judge Sonia Sotomayor admits she's an affirmative action baby. She stated in an interview that she did not have high SAT scores and that being a Latina helped her get into the once all-male Princeton. Despite admissions test scores, she excelled academically, surpassing the majority of her white classmates. Fast-forward...
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Maddow and Buchanan have it out on affirmative action
12:20 PM on 07/17/2009
On Thursday's edition of The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC pundit Pat Buchanan and host Maddow came head to head on affirmative action. Buchanan was invited to elaborate on a column in which he claimed that white conservatives "are the folks... who pay the price of affirmative action when their sons...
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Sotomayor continues to defend "wise Latina" comment
1:51 PM on 07/16/2009
In Washington this morning, questioning of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has spilled over into a third day - with her controversial "wise Latina" comment still troubling Republicans, but it's unlikely to derail her confirmation...
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Sotomayor hearings continue with testimony from firefighters
8:51 AM on 07/16/2009
Today, two firefighters from New Haven, Connecticut step from the audience to the witness table. They will testify against Sonia Sotomayor in her confirmation hearings.
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Abortion as population control?
7:34 AM on 07/16/2009
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) African Americans who are just as suspicious of white liberals as they are of conservatives will have plenty of fodder this week as recent comments by left-leaning Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bater Ginsberg have many asking for an explanation. In a recent interview with the...
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Sotomayor returns for third day of questioning
8:49 AM on 07/15/2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor declined repeatedly at Senate confirmation hearings Wednesday to disclose her views on abortion rights and said President Barack Obama never asked her before he chose her for the bench.
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Questions of racism also framed past hearings
8:02 AM on 07/15/2009
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor talks with Senate Judiciary Committee members Sen. John Cornyn, and Sen. Lindsey Graham (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) On May 26, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to be the nation's first Latina and only the third woman...
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Sotomayor hearings an exercise in divisive politics
7:54 AM on 07/15/2009
Sen. Jeff Sessions, ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, right, and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah., questions Sotomayor at hearing (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Many have been paying close attention to this week's congressional hearings which will determine whether or not Judge Sonia Sotomayor will become the first Latina Supreme Court...
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Sotomayor on the Hill for day two
8:00 AM on 07/14/2009
High passion was on display outside the Senate building where the hearing is taking place. Inside, Judge Sonia Sotomayor listened and summed up her legal bottom line, "It's simple. Fidelity to the law." Senators praised her patience through opening statements. "I give Judge Sotomayor an "A" for listening to...
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