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Though Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) won’t say whether he’ll vote for or against Sonia Sotomayor, he used his opening statement to take a shot at the Democrats for blocking the confirmation of Miguel Estrada in 2003 — the Latino he said he’d prefer — and made clear that although he respects that President Obama won [...]

Addressing a National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast sponsored by Esperanza, a Hispanic religious coalition, President Obama this morning won applause for reiterating his commitment to immigration reform.
Quoting scripture, invoking the “love thy neighbor” religious command and noting the nomination of the first Hispanic to be a justice on the Supreme Court, Obama declared that “upholding America’s [...]

Curt Levey of the Committee for Justice, one of the leaders of the conservative pushback against Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, publishes a FAQ on the top questions about the judge’s credentials. One key argument is why conservatives shouldn’t back off from attacking the potential first Hispanic justice.
Should Democratic senators or their allies on the [...]

If you thought President Obama’s pick of Sonia Sotomayor was a good sign for Latinos, think again — the latest buzz is that Obama picked Sotomayor as a consolation prize for all his Hispanic supporters clamoring for comprehensive immigration reform, which so far he’s not doing much about.
So writes Mickey Kaus at Slate citing MSNBC, [...]

One of the things that most infuriates conservative commentators like Michelle Malkin and Stuart Taylor about Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is that in delivering a 2002 speech at UC-Berkeley, the judge said that “our experiences as women and people of color affect our decisions” and that “I would hope that a wise Latina woman [...]

Noting that Second Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor embodies the bipartisanship, range of experience, intellect and ability for empathy that he’s been looking for, President Obama this morning nominated what would be, if confirmed, the first Hispanic judge and third woman ever to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.

The reports this morning that President Obama intends to nominate Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace Supreme Court Justice David Souter suggest that, while not exactly going out on a limb, President Obama was willing to stand up to the unfounded criticism of Sotomayor as a far-left liberal who’d take an expansive reading of the constitution [...]