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  • News:Dozens Line Up to See Sotomayor's Supreme Court Debut

    By OpenSecrets.org September 09, 2009

    Scores of impassioned citizens flocked to the Supreme Court in the pre-dawn hours this morning to witness history -- the first appearance by Justice Sonia Sotomayor and also the re-argument of the high profile campaign finance case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission . (Check out...

  • Opinion:Sotomayor Another Catholic on the Supreme Court

    By Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights May 26, 2009

    Catholic League president Bill Donohue reacts to President Obama’s c hoice of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court: When John Roberts was nominated to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, left-wingers accused President Bush of “Playing the Catholic card.” When Samuel Alito...

  • Opinion:Why Sotomayor Shouldn't Have Attended Confirmation Hearing

    By Reason Foundation July 20, 2009

    Millions of Americans tuned in last week to Sonia Sotomayor 's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. What did they learn? "Nothing," Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe told The New York Times . Actually, we did learn something—that we should stop inviting Supreme Court nominees...

  • Opinion:Did Sotomayor Perjure Herself on Abortion?

    By Jill Stanek July 19, 2009

    UPDATE: The Americans United for Life blog has a new post entitled, "Sotomayor contradicted herself on what she knew about PRLDEF abortion advocacy." This includes a statement made by Sotomayor only yesterday morning during the Senate hearings on her Supreme Court confirmation explaining...

  • News:Sotomayor's Past Decision in Discrimination Case Means Trouble

    By Heritage Foundation May 27, 2009

    Imagine if you can a situation in which a white federal judge approved the clear and obvious discrimination engaged in by a small Southern town in denying black firefighters promotion by throwing out the results of a civil service examination. Only black firefighters did well enough on the...

  • Opinion:Sonia Sotomayor - Obama's New Activist Judge

    By FrontPage Magazine May 27, 2009

    By John Perazzo With a desire to change the subject from the North Korean nuclear test, President Obama appointed an activist judge in hopes of tilting the Supreme Court further to the Left. On Tuesday morning, Barack Obama formally nominated Sonia Sotomayor, a judge on the 2nd Circuit Court...

  • Opinion:Gun Owners Say Rabidly Anti-Gun Sotomayor is Unacceptable

    By Gun Owners of America May 29, 2009

    Unless you've taken a very long Memorial Day vacation, you've no doubt heard the big news. President Obama has picked an anti-gun radical to replace Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court. Obama's pick is Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who is currently on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second...

  • Opinion:Brady Campaign Praises Sotomayor's History of Gun Control

    By The Brady Campaign June 01, 2009

    By Paul Helmke , President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence The nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court appears to be a positive one for those committed to reducing gun violence in this country. Judge Sotomayor’s legal opinions have shown a strong...

  • Opinion:Paul Helmke's Notes on Sotomayor and Guns

    By The Brady Campaign June 03, 2009

    By Paul Helmke, Brady Campaign President Un-Wise Analysis Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor has drawn criticism for saying in an October 2001 speech , "I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion...

  • Opinion:Gun Owners of America Call Sotomayor "An Anti-Gun Radical"

    By Reason Foundation June 17, 2009

    Gun Owners of America calls Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor "an anti-gun radical." The Second Amendment Foundation says her selection was "a slap at gun rights ." Such characterizations are based mainly on Sotomayor's participation in a January decision that said state and local...

  • Article:Supreme Court Overturns Sotomayor's Discrimination Decision

    By Competitive Enterprise Institute June 29, 2009

    The Supreme Court has just ruled in favor of white and Hispanic firefighters, who were denied promotions when the City of New Haven threw out the exam they scored highest on, citing the fact that no black firefighter scored high enough. In Ricci v. DeStefano , the Court reversed a decision...

  • Opinion:Sotomayor's Church-State Views Still a Mystery

    By Americans United July 10, 2009

    Americans United for Separation of Church and State today reiterated its call for the Senate Judiciary Committee to question Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on issues relating to religious liberty and church -state separation. The committee is scheduled to begin hearings on Sotomayor on...

  • Opinion:NRA Past President Froman Fights Sotomayor Confirmation

    By Gun Owners of America July 10, 2009

    Last week we told you how NRA's Past President Sandy Froman was calling on all NRA members to vigorously oppose the nomination of Judge Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. She did this in response to the "wait and see" approach that the NRA's upper management has taken in regard to the Sotomayor...

  • Opinion:Issues Sotomayor Must Address at Confirmation Hearings

    By Heritage Foundation July 13, 2009

    I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me under the Constitution and laws of the United States. So help...

  • Opinion:Sotomayor Hearings Like "Seinfeld"-A Show About Nothing

    By The Cato Institute July 13, 2009

    If you suspect this week's Senate confirmation hearings for Sonia Sotomayor will be, like Seinfeld , a show about nothing, you are probably right. To understand why, we need to revisit an era that remade how lawyers and the public think about law , and especially the Constitution. In the...

  • Opinion:Gun Owners Not Surpised by Sotomayor's Radical Views

    By Gun Owners of America July 13, 2009

    The U.S. Senate is now commencing its hearings on Justice Sonia Sotomayor , who was nominated by President Obama to replace the retiring Judge David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court. In many ways, Sotomayor’s views are out-of-step with our American heritage and with the views of Americans in...

  • Opinion:Senators Should Ask Sotomayor About 2nd Amendment

    By Gun Owners of America July 14, 2009

    "I will be talking [to Judge Sotomayor ] about the question of foreign law and the question of [her] commitment to the Second Amendment, the right to keep and bear arms.... President Obama, who nominated Judge Sotomayor, has a rather limited view of what the Second Amendment guarantees." --...

  • Opinion:Sotomayor Displays a Lack of Deep Thinking

    By The Cato Institute July 15, 2009

    by Ilya Shapiro It strikes me that Sotomayor has been fairly forthright in her responses to questioning, not hiding too much behind the tired cliché that she can’t answer a question because it could lead to prejudging a case—certainly far less than Ruth Bader Ginsburg and even John...

  • Opinion:Brady Campaign Praises Sotomayor Confirmation

    By The Brady Campaign August 06, 2009

    Washington, D.C. - Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, released the following statement on the U.S. Senate 's confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court: "Judge Sonia Sotomayor has sterling qualifications and a strong record of respecting...

  • Opinion:Gun Owners Mourn Start of Sotomayor Era

    By Gun Owners of America August 09, 2009

    The Senate easily confirmed the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. Only 31 Senators took seriously their oath to uphold the Constitution and voted against this radical anti-gun nominee, with 68 voting for confirmation. All the Democrats in attendance voted for...

  • Opinion:Atheists "Cautiously Optimistic" About Sonia Sotomayor

    By American Atheists May 27, 2009

    An Atheist church-state separation group hailed President Obama's nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for a position on the Supreme Court of the United States. Dave Silverman, Communications Director for American Atheists said that the he was "cautiously optimistic" about Sotomayor. "Her record...

  • Opinion:Republicans Itching for Fight Over Sonia Sotomayor

    By Robert Reich May 27, 2009

    Put on your seatbelts. Many Republicans have been itching for this fight. They figure if they can make Sonia Sotomayor appear "too liberal," "too activist," or "intemperate" -- and cause Obama to withdraw her nomination, or if they can defeat her outright -- they can slow the Obamomentum...

  • Opinion:Sotomayor Let an Innocent Young Man Rot in Prison

    By FrontPage Magazine July 12, 2009

    Judge Sonia Sotomayor is wrongly being sold by Team Obama as an “empathetic nominee.” This adjective is shown a farce when one examines her record in two noteworthy cases involving Jeffrey Deskovic and Frank Ricci. In these instances, she acted callous and indifferent to the injustice and...

  • News:Obama Explains Sotomayor Choice in His Own Words

    By Barack Obama July 14, 2009

    Yesterday, Judge Sonia Sotomayor made her opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee and moved another step closer to taking a seat on the United States Supreme Court. In case you missed it, watch the video of her opening statement here: As President, there are few...

  • Opinion:Sotomayor Not Too Big on Gun Rights

    By Reason Foundation July 14, 2009

    By Brian Doherty I wouldn't expect anything different from any Obama nominee, of course, but Second Amendment scholar Nelson Lund takes Sotomayor to task for her studious avoidance of thinking hard about citizens' gun rights when given a chance. Sure, the Second Amendment has not (yet) been...

  • Opinion:Sotomayor Has Promising Record on Campaign Finance Reform

    By Common Cause July 16, 2009

    This week, the Senate begins deliberations on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor , who if confirmed, would become the first Hispanic and only the third woman to serve on the high court. For campaign finance reform advocates across the nation, her nomination may be no less...

  • Opinion:9 Reasons to Reject Sotomayor for Supreme Court

    By The Center for the Advancement of Capitalism August 03, 2009

    Fundamental error: She said that fidelity to the law should be the guiding principle in making judgements. The correct principle is fidelity to the Constitution. Otherwise, how would you judge whether a law was right or wrong? The argument would be circular. Bias: Substituting empathy and...

  • Opinion:Senate to Vote on Anti-Gun Judge Louis Butler

    By Gun Owners of America December 09, 2009

    Here we go again. First, there was Sonia Sotomayor . Then there was David Hamilton. Now, we have another radical, anti-gun judge that has been nominated for the federal judiciary. His name is Louis Butler, and he is so radical, he was twice rejected by the people of Wisconsin (which is, by...

  • Opinion:Obama Picks Sotomayor in Anti-Gun Court Strategy

    By Citizen's Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms May 28, 2009

    BELLEVUE, WA – Failing to get traction for his anti-gun agenda in Congress, Barack Obama is trying instead to stack the federal courts with liberal anti-gunners, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. “President Obama’s gun prohibitionist agenda has...

  • News:Biden Says Sotomayor Will Back Police

    By The Cato Institute June 10, 2009

    Vice-president Joe Biden says we should rally behind the Supreme Court nomination of Sotomayor because she will “have the back” of the police . Biden is a lawyer, a senator, and former chairman of the Senate’s Judiciary Committee, so he should know better than to pull a political stunt...