Posted on 10/03/2005 2:16:54 PM PDT by Racehorse
"President Bush has again ignored highly qualified Latino judges, attorneys and law professors who could serve the nation ably on the United States Supreme Court," said Ann Marie Tallman, executive director of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, after Miers' nomination was announced Monday.
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"The failure of this administration to nominate a Hispanic judge to the Supreme Court is a slap in the face to all those highly qualified Hispanic judges that dutifully serve on our federal courts across the nation," said Raul Yzaguirre, former president of the National Council of La Raza. "Our community continues to contribute to the greatness of this nation and yet, we are ignored for a vital role on our third branch of governance."
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Us Straight Dyslexic Stammering Left-Handed Paraplegic Iowa Worm Farmers hate those guys.
How does one get into farming Left-Handed Paraplegic worms? Are they indigenous to Iowa? Can they be farmed elsewhere?
How does one determine whether the worms are gay or straight?
Hey dont worry Bush will pick that latino Moderate Muppet Gonzales next time.
Ann Marie Tallman: "President Bush has again ignored highly qualified Latino judges, attorneys and law professors who could serve the nation ably on the United States Supreme Court."
President: That is correct.
NEXT!
Raul Yzaguirre: "The failure of this administration to nominate a Hispanic judge to the Supreme Court is a slap in the face to all those highly qualified Hispanic judges that dutifully serve on our federal courts across the nation."
President: If it's not the Latinos whining, it's the Hispanics doing the puling.
NEXT!
Raul Yzaguirre: "Our community continues to contribute to the greatness of this nation and yet, we are ignored for a vital role on our third branch of governance."
President: Are you still talking?
If it upsets La Raza, then I am a happy man
Miguel Estrada wasn't Mexican enough for you, so pound sand!
I'm just ecstatic he named a Texan. These people are pendejos.
MALDEF opposes confirmation of John Roberts for Supreme Court. Among other things, Roberts played a key role in the Reagan Administration’s attempts to roll back civil rights and opposed many of MALDEF’s core principles on access to justice, education, immigrant rights, and fair employment.
Ann Marie Tallman serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Campaign for College Opportunity. Tallman is president and general counsel of the Mexican Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF). Since 1998, Tallman has been an active MALDEF board member and has been an executive with the mortgage lending giant Fannie Mae since 1994. Before becoming president of MALDEF, Tallman was Senior Vice President of Fannie Mae’s Single Family Mortgage Business - Western Business Center in Pasadena. She also has served as the president and CEO of the non-profit Fannie Mae Foundation in Washington, D.C.; as a Deputy Director for both the City and County of Denver; and as executive director for the Colorado Hispanic League. The first in her family to attend college, Tallman received a B.S. in psychology and political science, distinction with special honors from the University of Iowa, and her juris doctorate from U.C. Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law.
LOL.
Congressional Hispanic Caucus opposition to conservative lawyer Miguel A. Estrada, who was nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit but dropped out two years ago after being blocked by Democrats.
Ann Marie Tallman , president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said the project members want to educate the public about the "long lasting and far reaching" impact that the judiciary has on people's lives.
"This is not a lobbying exercise. This is about making sure the electorate is informed," she said in an interview. " . . . As an informed electorate, we should be able to weigh in with our opinions."
Straight, white, conservative males are upset, too.
Point #1: Latinos generally don't vote Republican, so thier opinion is Nada
Point #2: We're giving them the country through illegal immigration anyways, so really all they need to do is be patient...despacio amigos!
He also kind of (sort of) looks like an older Ritchie Valens.
thier=their
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