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DREAM Act reintroduction lauded by National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health

By | 05.12.11 | 2:47 pm | More from The Florida Independent

The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH) sent out a press release today applauding President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Florida, and other co-sponsors for re-introducing the Development, More…

Is Sotomayor Just a Bone Tossed to Hispanics?

By | 05.27.09 | 10:11 am

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.

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Sotomayor’s ‘Controversial’ Comments Backed Up By Academic Research

By | 05.26.09 | 3:15 pm

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 More…

Obama Stands Up to Sotomayor Critics — and Picks an Unknown on Executive Power

By | 05.26.09 | 10:04 am

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 More…