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[video] SCOTUS Nominee, Sonia Sotomayor


I don’t know much about her beyond what others have written or said.  Here are some selections:

Oh – let’s start with the RNC’s talking points, released by The Hill (hattip to this tweet from Brad Baumann)

Video of Sotomayor accepting nomination (major hattip to Cleveland Leader):

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SCOTUSblog: For those who are not familiar with SCOTUSblog, it is the place to start your reading. There are several entries there worth reading. It does not appear that they have a tag for the judge so here are a few posts to read:

Sotomayor’s Record: The Ricci Effect

The Dynamic of the Nomination of Sonia Sotomayor

And if you want to get wonkier, here’s a search on “sotomayor” at the SCOTUSblog which brings up several posts that analyze her decisions.

From the White House

Follow the Twitter chatter

Change.org on significance for women

As a woman, I’m glad the nominee is a woman. As a freelance writer, I’m glad that higher courts overturned her decision on Tasini. As a lawyer, I’m thrilled with her legal education and range of experience.  As a sociologist and social worker, I’m very pleased to know of her variety of life experiences that contribute to who she is today. As an American, I’m excited to see the composition of the country’s highest judicial authority have a chance to come more into line with the demographics of this country.

Finally, as a political blogger, I find this kind of statement by Mike Huckabee to epitomize how thoroughly weak, unoriginal and blind spokespeople for those who oppose all things Obama are – and not only because Huckabee’s official statement on the nomination got the nominee’s name wrong (yeah yeah I know – Obama got Bob Gates’ name wrong last week – don’t even bother leaving that one in the comments; I guess we should be happy that Huckabee at least released the statement for “Sotomayor” instead of Wood, Kagan or any of the other talked about names for whom he had a presser prepared).  And that is a shame for democracy because we can’t have a thoroughly incisive review of Judge Sotomayor without credible critics from across the aisle. Of course, that’s the least of their worries across the aisle but still, it’s just unfortunate.

If you find helpful commentaries, please feel free to include links.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:58 am May 26th, 2009 in Courts, Law, Whitehouse09, Women 

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2 Responses to “[video] SCOTUS Nominee, Sonia Sotomayor”

  1. 1 Foraker on May 29th, 2009 11:01 am

    Panel discussed Sotomayor’s nomination on Charlie Rose the other night. Video is now online.

    http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/10329#

  2. 2 Jill Miller Zimon on June 9th, 2009 7:05 am

    This is a great link. Thank you!

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