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15 Jul 2009, 7:40 am
At least no one has suggested (directly) that she might recuse herself in any discrimination case involving women or Latinas. [read post]
15 Jul 2009, 7:34 am
A wise, Latina, woman? [read post]
15 Jul 2009, 7:23 am
Yesterday, Sotomayor found a bunch of different ways to backtrack from the "wise Latina" comment. [read post]
15 Jul 2009, 7:05 am
" David Lightman and Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers report that "Sotomayor explains her 'wise Latina' comment. [read post]
15 Jul 2009, 2:19 am
For the liberals who support her, I don't think it is particularly encouraging on either count.Sotomayor is most famous for saying that a "wise Latina woman" could use her experience to reach better or at least more balanced decisions than her white male counterparts, adding (I'm not sure if this is a direct quotation) that empathy as well as intellect was important to effective adjudication. [read post]
15 Jul 2009, 1:45 am
Graham's a pretty talented trial lawyer, yet here he is pulling out one of the lamest tricks in the book -- pretending to "forget" where he put the "wise Latina" quote so that he could ask Judge Sotomayor -- twice -- to repeat it from memory! [read post]
15 Jul 2009, 1:39 am
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'Wise Latina' explains herself
"Under sharp questioning from Senate Republicans on Tuesday, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor insisted that she brings "an open mind" to judging, while acknowledging that some of her past statements â€â [read post]
15 Jul 2009, 1:09 am
No, no. [read post]
14 Jul 2009, 9:06 pm
The 55-year-old federal appeals judge conceded she made a bad play on words in saying in 2001 that a "wise Latina woman" could reach a better conclusion than a white man. [read post]
14 Jul 2009, 6:55 pm
"Sotomayor backs off 'wise Latina' comments; The Supreme Court nominee walks a fine line, acknowledging that her gender and ethnicity influence her personally but maintaining that her record shows they don't influence her court decisions": David G. [read post]
14 Jul 2009, 2:05 pm
Mauro also predicted some pushback from Republicans during the afternoon session in response to Sotomayor's explanation of her "wise Latina" comment. [read post]
14 Jul 2009, 11:40 am
The "wise Latina" comment has indeed been the big ticket item of the day. [read post]
14 Jul 2009, 11:00 am
In the hearings, Republicans will be pushing Sotomayor for explanations of both the New Haven decision and her statement in a 2001 speech that "a wise Latina" judge would reach "a better conclusion than a white male. [read post]
14 Jul 2009, 8:46 am
JOHN HINDERAKER on the “wise Latina” explanation. [read post]
14 Jul 2009, 8:12 am
Let â [read post]
14 Jul 2009, 7:25 am
The big news for laypeople is going to be the "it was bad" quote Sotomayor gave in response to the wise Latina questions. [read post]
14 Jul 2009, 6:46 am
But as Sessions giveth, he taketh away, and he laments that SS's statement is contradicted by 15 years of wise, Latina judicial gunslinging. [read post]
13 Jul 2009, 3:55 pm
Since, however, she did not deny that she was a wise Latina woman (and therefore better able than crusty white men to determine the appropriate outcome in a given case), the inquiry into her pernicious brand of wise, Latina wisdom will resume tomorrow. [read post]
13 Jul 2009, 11:54 am
., Supreme predecessors O'Connor and Ginsburg) and, in this blogress's opinion, strikes the right note -- less "wise Latina woman" and more "I am woman, hear me roar, express my understanding of frontline law enforcement, and opine on the Fourth Amendment, the Confrontation Clause, and Sentencing law and policy. [read post]
13 Jul 2009, 10:44 am
So far I'm worried that this wise Latina will take away my guns and apply Norwegian tort law. [read post]
