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Senate confirms Sotomayor, first Hispanic justice
The Hill ^
| 08/06/2009
| J. Taylor Rushing
Posted on 08/06/2009 12:20:10 PM PDT by Pyro7480
The Senate on Thursday sent Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court with a modest display of bipartisan support, making her the first Hispanic justice and only the third woman to serve on the high court.
The 68-31 vote held few surprises, as a small band of Republicans joined Democrats in confirming her 72 days after President Barack Obama nominated the former prosecutor and judge. Her confirmation paves the way for Sotomayor to begin assembling her staff and prepare for the court to convene in October.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 111th; bho2009; bho44; bhojudicialnominees; obama; scotus; sotomayor; supremecourt
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To: Pyro7480
Congratulations on Senator Martinez’s race based vote.
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posted on
08/06/2009 2:36:36 PM PDT
by
omega4179
((/) Happened)
To: Pyro7480
Let’s hope she turns into the wise Latina she thinks she is.
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posted on
08/06/2009 2:37:24 PM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
(has created or saved 150,000 posts, sure.)
To: Pyro7480; All
What is the complete list of Republican Senators voting to confirm Sotomayor?
To: meyer
Im sick of the war on white men. Its gotten so that a white heterosexual man has to work twice as hard for twice as long to get half as far as anybody in a favored group.Quite true. And why are white men losing that war? Because most aren't fighting it.
To: Pyro7480
The forces which support the Republic need +20 seats in the Senate, at least.
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posted on
08/06/2009 2:41:36 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(I hope Sarah will start a 2nd party soon)
To: Pyro7480
Voinovich has always catered to Democrats because he believes in “democracy”, and he knows the fury of OH voters which cou8ld be unleashed against him, except he will no longer be on a ballot, some good news just from that.
To: Drill Thrawl
Toomey is trying to take the sting out of ethnic opposition to him — won’t work. Only Strom Thurmond was able to accomplish such a feat.
To: Theodore R.
And he is losing votes to get those votes.
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posted on
08/06/2009 2:46:30 PM PDT
by
Drill Thrawl
(Another day, another injury, another step closer...)
To: Artemis Webb
Wasn’t he a Rhodes scholar? Always corrupts them to get such an “honor”
To: Pyro7480
first Hispanic justice I guess Portuguese does not qualify for "Hispanic"?
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posted on
08/06/2009 2:46:57 PM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
To: Dr. Eckleburg
Uh, you don't remember the left screaming when Alito was nominated about the Catholic issue, or when they upheld the partial-birth abortion ban? Take this for an example:
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posted on
08/06/2009 2:48:48 PM PDT
by
Pyro7480
("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)
To: Artifact Hurling
No, MLK was a class-based quota type person. HHH said he would eat his hat if the 1964 law was interpreted that way, but that’s how NIXON interpreted too.
To: Tarpon
My sentiments exactly. Everytime I hear how historic this vote is I think ‘yes, for the first time in our history we have a proven bigot sitting on the Supreme Court’. I think I'll send Zero and Harry Reid a couple of hammers and pair of chisels so they can remove the blindfold on Lady Justice. She doesn't need it anymore.
To: Tarpon
She is not even smart enough to realize that the truly wise do not consider themselves as such. And so with her Senate lackeys.
To: Dr. Eckleburg
Dr. E, I wonder how these percentages correspond to the total number of attorneys in the U.S.
Do certain professions draw certain idealogies?
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posted on
08/06/2009 3:00:40 PM PDT
by
suzyjaruki
(What is coming next?)
To: Pyro7480
...a small band of Republicans joined Democrats in confirming her...We need to insure these prick traitors do not survive their next election.
Bastards!
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posted on
08/06/2009 3:04:44 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(Psalm 109:8 ~ Let his days be few; and let another take his office.)
To: NeoCaveman
Unfortunately, if her record is any indication, she’s only going to become even more brilliantly STUPID.
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posted on
08/06/2009 3:05:30 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Tar is cheap, and feathers are plentiful.)
To: rabscuttle385; alarm rider; Alex1977; at bay; Babsig; BILL_C; bnelson44; Clintonfatigued; ...
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posted on
08/06/2009 3:07:06 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(Psalm 109:8 ~ Let his days be few; and let another take his office.)
To: MaestroLC
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posted on
08/06/2009 3:07:46 PM PDT
by
Ancient Drive
("an appeaser is one who feeds the crocodile, hoping that it will eat him last.")
To: TheThirdRuffian
>I love america, where a mediocre intellect can become a Supreme Court justice because shes a radical racist of the proper color.
Don’t forget that she is a left wing loon to complete the quota.
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posted on
08/06/2009 3:11:48 PM PDT
by
soycd
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