Tag Archives: Sonia Sotomayor

Today’s Number: 77

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

That’s the percentage of Republican senators who voted today not to confirm Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. 77%. Think about that number. Out of 40 Republican senators, just nine defied their nativist Republican base voters to support the first … Continue reading →

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The Republican Far Right’s Steady Drift into Explicit Racial Appeals and Concerns

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

E.J. Dionne notices it: Race-baiting is no longer off-limits on some of the right-wing talk shows. Fox News’ Glenn Beck, for example, declared that Obama “has a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture.” Ethnicity has been an … Continue reading →

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Rush Limbaugh’s Latest Sex and Race Obsessed Resentment Screed Toward Sonia Sotomayor

Posted on June 19, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

A one man American white male ignorance and resentment pride parade: And what the hell was that chest pounding gesture at the end about? True-heart conservatism has the courage to mouth hatred towards liberal women and Hispanics? He’s proud of … Continue reading →

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Identity Politics: Is It Only a Problem When Non-White People Do It?

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

Matthew Yglesias today notes the hypocritical—and ultimately racist—undercurrent just beneath Shout Radio Republicans’ objections to Sonia Sotomayor: Qualifications like time at Princeton, Yale Law, and on the Circuit Court that work well for guys with Italian names suddenly don’t work if you … Continue reading →

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Moderate and Libertarian Republicans, Read This Closely: Julian Sanchez is Pissed Off!

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

At his blog today, Julian Sanchez, a contributing editor to Reason magazine, lets loose on the way Republicans are treating Sonia Sotomayor: I’ll cop to sharing some of Yglesias’ irritation at the treatment of Sonia Sotomayor, and if Republicans are … Continue reading →

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Sonia Sotomayor and “Activist Judges”: Whether You’re Reading the Bible or Reading the Constitution, It’s All About the Framing, Baby!

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

Can the framers of the Constitution, and the framers of our religious texts, be themselves framed? Berkeley linguist George Lakoff explains why a phrase like “activist judge” exploits a naive notion of what it means to interpret a text (like the American Constitution). And … Continue reading →

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Sonia Sotomayor and a New Form of PC: Pronunciation Correctness!

Posted on May 29, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

Salon today notes that at least one conservative finds it galling even to pronounce Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s last name correctly: On National Review’s Web site, Mark Krikorian posted a screed about Sotomayor’s insistence that people pronounce her name correctly. … Continue reading →

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With Sonia Sotomayor, Will Conservative Talk Radio Drive the Republican Party over a Cliff?

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

The New York Times reports that Mark McKinnon thinks the Republican Party is in serious long term electoral danger if conservatives loudly and obnoxiously oppose or hinder the nomination of the first Hispanic female to the Supreme Court: “If Republicans make a big deal … Continue reading →

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Rush Limbaugh Calls Sonia Sotomayor a “Reverse Racist”

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

And he wants her to fail: Do I want her to fail? Yeah. Do I want her to fail to get on the court? Yes! She’d be a disaster on the court. Do I still want Obama to fail as … Continue reading →

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Twofer

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

Homerun for President Obama. Sonia Sotomayor is smart (she graduated at the top of her class at Princeton), she’s cool, and she’s got that feisty Judge Judy Bronx accent. And as Republicans attack her and try to demonize her, and their poll numbers … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court Justice Nominee Sonia Sotomayor: Win-Win for President Obama, Lose-Lose for Sotomayor’s Opponents?

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

National Journal’s Stuart Taylor deconstructs the politics of President Barack Obama’s Sonia Sotomayor nomination here. Money quote: The choice of Sotomayor also puts Republicans and moderate Democrats who may be deeply unhappy with her jurisprudence in a lose-lose position, and Obama … Continue reading →

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Father Absent at an Early Age, Raised by a Strong Mother, Ivy League School, Law Journal Editor: Judge Sonia Sotomayor Has Curiously Similar Life Experiences to Barack Obama’s

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Santi Tafarella

President Obama’s first Supreme Court pick is a Puerto Rican woman who rose from poverty. Judge Sonia Sotomayor grew up in the Bronx housing projects, and has curiously similar life experiences to Obama. But it will be ugly watching the … Continue reading →

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