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Sonia Sotomayor Sonia Sotomayor (, ; born June 25, 1954) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving since August 2009. Sotomayor is the Court's 111th justice, its first Hispanic justice, and its third female justice. Read More»From Wikipedia |
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18 And a Life To Go
The U.S. is the only country that sentences juveniles to life in prison without parole. Will the Supreme Court declare it unconstitutional?
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Why It's No Surprise Lindsey Graham Supports Climate-Change Legislation
Lindsey Graham's actions on climate change in the last few days have set the greenosphere abuzz. First, he penned an op-ed , with John Kerry, where he committed to work with Democrats to pass a comprehensive climate-change bill. Then he got called a wussypants for his trouble (along with a lot of unwarranted and nasty things) , and was yelled at by foamy-mouthed loons at a town-hall event in South Carolina. Environmentalists have heralded Graham's oped as a game changer on the environment. They're probably right. Graham's advocacy of climate change legislation is a huge boost for the Boxer-Kerry bill (although he hasn't officially endorsed it). But it's not unexpected.
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Heart of Darkness?
Inside the Supremes' new term.
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09/14/2009BlogsFineman Predicts: Justice Stevens to Retire Next Spring
Less than two weeks ago, Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens made news in a typically elliptical court way. He announced that he had hired only one─as opposed to
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09/09/2009BlogsSupreme Court Revisits Campaign-Finance Reform
Is the Supreme Court poised to overhaul the nation’s campaign finance laws? Thatclaiming the FEC was trying to suppress free speech. While the Supreme Court will weigh whether the FEC’s actions in regard to the Hillary film
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09/08/2009PoliticsWho’s Winning the Twitter Wars?
…political stories. Last February, Rep. Pete Hoekstra tweeted about a secret trip to Iraq . This summer, Newt Gingrich called Sonia Sotomayor “racist” in a tweet (he later said he shouldn't have used the term), and Sarah Palin’s musings became fodder …
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09/08/2009BlogsGaffe by Tweet: Top 10 Social-Media Slip-Ups
…congressman for being out of touch and self important. 5. Gingrich v. Sotomayor: A day after Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court , former House speaker Newt Gingrich didn't hold back what he thought of her, calling her via tweet …
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08/14/2009CultureWhat Sotomayor is Starting
…that, barring some unforeseen scandal, Sonia Sotomayor would be confirmed to the Supreme Court . It was equally clear that her nomination ……up thinking to him- or herself, 'If Sonia Sotomayor can make it, then maybe I can, too …
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