Sotomayor Slips Up

Mother Jones by Stephanie Mencimer | Jul. 16, 2009 (Opinion)

After three days of Senate confirmation hearings, we've learned a lot of things—none of them, of course, about Sonia Sotomayor. Instead, the hearings have clarified a great deal about what the two political parties really care about when it comes to the Supreme Court Full Story »

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Subjects: Politics, U.S.
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Posted by: via Mother Jones - Jul 15, 2009 - 9:46 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Derek Hawkins (review), Dwight Rousu (review), brian seemann (review), Fred Gatlin (review), J Sinclaire (review)
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Jul 16, 2009 - 6:27 AM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - Jul. 16, 2009

Mencimer takes a while to tell us the senators questioning the nominee were basically posturing dodos. A so-so report on lamentable proceedings.

By the way, Desi was Cuban, not Puerto Rican; a nicety lost on Coburn.

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 by Fred Gatlin - Jul. 16, 2009

Perhaps this article was written to quickly. It does not make much sense and does not provide much information.

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 by Derek Hawkins - Jul. 16, 2009
Derek posted this story.
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