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Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings: Behind the Mask

by SteveK @ Tuesday, July 14th, 2009. Tags: confirmation hearing, evasive, judge, judicial activist, judicial picks, Judicial Tyranny, questions, sotomayor, supreme court
Filed under Government, Judicial Tyranny, Legal

Now that we’ve had some time to hear her statements and responses, we can safely surmise that she is being deceptive.
She tried to make excuses for her “wise Latina ” comment and downplay it. Just ask the simple question of whether or not a white male could have made a similar comment and got away [...]

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Confirmation Hearings: Ten Questions for Sonia Sotomayor

by SteveK @ Sunday, July 12th, 2009. Tags: confirmation hearing, courts, judicial activist, judicial nomination, Obama, questions, radical, sotomayor, supreme court
Filed under Government, Legal

In light of so much controversy surrounding a nominee with a record many see as radical, I found some excellent questions that judge Sotomayor should be forced to answer. I have re-posted these questions in their entirety.
Question #1: Policy-Making from the Bench
During a Duke University panel discussion in 2005, you made a statement that raises [...]

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