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Previewing the Epic Sotomayor / Scalia Throwdowns to Come

If there’s one thing our Supreme Court is best known for, it’s the zingers!  Trust me – Clarence Thomas has perfected the use of ‘that’s what she said.’ How do you think Justice Byron White got the nickname “Whizzer?” Apparently Chief Justice William Brennan had this great impression of the plaintiff in 1973′s Frontiero v. [...]

Sonia Sotomayor Confirmation Hearing – Questions the GOP Wants to Ask…

# If you’re such a “wise Latina woman,” where’s your long gray beard and glasses?
# Are you sure you really want to do this? Ever thought about an exciting life as a firefighter? in Connecticut, maybe?
# Hey, ‘Dodo Mayor’ – wanna fight? Come on, at least arm wrestle Bachmann!
# So, you’re Puerto Rican, huh? That’s pretty close to Cuba, isn’t it? Isn’t it? That’s a yes or no question.

Obama Picks Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court, GOP Readies List of Confirmation Questions

President Obama is set to nominate federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor to the vacant spot on the Supreme Court left by the outgoing Justice David Souter. Sotomayor would be the first hispanic judge on the high court, and she also adds another female voice to the bench, and she…  um… OK – so we [...]

More Sonia Sotomayor – Right Sacrifices Values for Their Own Protection

One more note on the Sonia Sotomayor nomination for all you legal nerds out there. I found some folks that actually did some homework on her – the Judicial Network, aka the Ol’ Boys Network, aka ‘You ain’t lettin’ no Puerto Rican into THIS country club, ever!” This is the group that basically tries to [...]

H1N1: Things We’ve Missed While Obsessing Over Swine Flu

Doesn’t this Swine Flu know how a 24-hour news cycle is supposed to work?  Some horrible news completely takes over the media and our lives – it gets a full day – and then the slate is wiped clean for the next cycle and we completely forget everything we learned so we can devote our [...]