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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Our country is rapidly being torn apart as a direct result of "affirmative action". Racial quotas don't work - they only instill a sense of entitlement in place of a work ethic.
I’m assuming that Kennedy was the missing Democrat?
We’re in complete and total agreement then.
What’s sad is that me, with NO legal training, would probably make a better Justice than she would.
(I’m a computer programmer, I realize that words have [logical] meaning...)
Goodbye forever GOP.
Sometimes, too cute by half, doesn’t work ... LOL.
La Raza has their first supporter on the Supreme court.
Well certainly with this show of bipartisanship, it means if there is ever a Republican president again, some Dems will be magnanimous and give his or her judicial nominees a fair hearing. HA HA.
Did any Repub senator call out Sen Menendez for his divisive comments, accusing those voting nay of doing it out of bigotry?
I think they should hang their heads in shame. They could have done this 9 years ago with Miguel Estrada!
Was glad to see that Saxby Chambliss and Lisa Murkowski both voted NO. Even though it did not make a difference, good to see a few Republicans with enough guts to vote no against this bigot
What does it take to run for the Senate?
Yeah, besides money?
I live in Indiana.
Not one of them raised her membership in La Raza, an organization worse than the KKK!
Their motto is for the race everything, for everyone else nothing!!!
I agree with and will work to have him replaced.
Email to his Office Stated this.
Maybe splittimg hairs. He was of Portugese and Jewish ancestry.
Thats like letting Jesse Jackson be in charge of security at KKKlan rallies.
Activism from the bench.
how on earth can a someone of portuguese descent be considered hispanic? they don’t even speak spanish!
when a portuguese justice is nominated, then you can pipe up about cardozo.
Now we have racist as Supreme court justices, and in the White House.
lol...
I still think it was a slap at BO. This is a smaller number than what Roberts was confirmed by I believe.
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