Steve F wrote on July 09, 2009 01:46 PM: Imagine that. An extremely left-wing radical racist group (probably all members of La Raza) supporting a fellow La Raza (the race) racist member. Who would have thought?

Fair and Balanced Fred wrote on July 09, 2009 12:47 PM: Sonia Sotomayor is a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Sotomayor entered Princeton University on a full scholarship. She wrote opinion pieces for The Daily Princetonian. A history major, Sotomayor received almost all A's in her final two years of college.

As a senior Sotomayor won the Pyne Prize, the top award for undergraduates, which reflected both strong grades and extracurricular activities. She was also elected to Phi Beta Kappa. In 1976 she was awarded an A.B. from Princeton, summa cum laude. In the fall of 1976, Sotomayor entered Yale Law School, again on a scholarship.

She became an editor of the Yale Law Journal and was also managing editor of the student-run Yale Studies in World Public Order publication, which is now known as the Yale Journal of International Law. In her third year, she filed a formal complaint against the established Washington, D.C. law firm of Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge for suggesting during a recruiting dinner that she was only at Yale via affirmative action. Sotomayor refused to be interviewed by the firm further and filed her complaint with a faculty-student tribunal, which ruled in her favor. Her action triggered a campus-wide debate and news of the firm's subsequent December 1978 apology made The Washington Post.

In 1979 she was awarded a J.D. from Yale Law School. She was admitted to the New York Bar in 1980. She worked as an Assistant District Attorney in New York for five years before entering private practice in 1984.

Sotomayor has ruled on several high-profile cases. In 1995, she issued a preliminary injunction against Major League Baseball which ended the 1994 baseball strike. Sotomayor made a ruling allowing The Wall Street Journal to publish Vince Foster's final note. In 1997, she was nominated by President Bill Clinton to the U.S. Court of Appeals.

Zippy wrote on July 09, 2009 12:14 PM: Breaking news

A national Hispanic group that's lobbying on behalf of Sotomayor endorses her with some fake official sounding panel.

Whoopee

Fair and Balanced Fred wrote on July 09, 2009 11:47 AM: Sonia Sotomayor is a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Sotomayor entered Princeton University on a full scholarship. She wrote opinion pieces for The Daily Princetonian. A history major, Sotomayor received almost all A's in her final two years of college.

As a senior Sotomayor won the Pyne Prize, the top award for undergraduates, which reflected both strong grades and extracurricular activities. She was also elected to Phi Beta Kappa. In 1976 she was awarded an A.B. from Princeton, summa cum laude. In the fall of 1976, Sotomayor entered Yale Law School, again on a scholarship.

She became an editor of the Yale Law Journal and was also managing editor of the student-run Yale Studies in World Public Order publication, which is now known as the Yale Journal of International Law. In her third year, she filed a formal complaint against the established Washington, D.C. law firm of Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge for suggesting during a recruiting dinner that she was only at Yale via affirmative action. Sotomayor refused to be interviewed by the firm further and filed her complaint with a faculty-student tribunal, which ruled in her favor. Her action triggered a campus-wide debate and news of the firm's subsequent December 1978 apology made The Washington Post.

Erin wrote on July 09, 2009 11:10 AM: Guess what race Syvlia Lazos is? Yep, Hispanic -- shocking that she'd endorse Sotomayer!

Tom, Burbank wrote on July 09, 2009 10:45 AM: "We are not appointing a racist because she is a Latina," Cortez Masto said.

Correct. You are appointing a Latina because she is a racist. Soto'menor' didnt utter her most famous philosophical comment only once, she's stated it many times over the years. It's a race-based ideology she seems to believe in fervently. Cortez Masto, your little ethno-separatist group 'Hispanics for a Fair Judiciary' is a race-aligned group advocating for only one ethnic/heritage group, other people you deem like yourself. It's a backward, regressive way of thinking, damaging to the ideals of equality America has always striven toward.

"Sylvia Lazos, a Boyd School professor who has researched diversity in the federal judiciary, said Sotomayor's "compassion" and "connection to the lives of real people,..." - So, Sylvia, what are 'real people'? Come on, I'll wait. Time's up, we get it, we know what you mean. Your thinly veiled bigotry is as ugly as your unwillingness to stand on your own feet as an individual as opposed to an ethno-identification. Start living like a human being instead of a race.

Bad wrote on July 09, 2009 10:06 AM: Just another corrupt judge to abuse the people.

Anthony wrote on July 09, 2009 09:56 AM: The only reason Sotomayer was EVEN NOMINATED is because she's 1) Female and 2) Hispanic. Without those "credentials," she's just an average candidate at best.

How can we tolerate such blatant racism?

vegasexec wrote on July 09, 2009 07:20 AM: She better be accompanied when she visits with Ensign as he may try to jump her bones!

Mike Ault wrote on July 09, 2009 07:07 AM: "Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto and others said Sotomayor's qualifications are excellent, and her race and gender only add to her appeal."

"There are many reasons why Ms. Sotomayor is qualified," Cortez Masto said. "The fact that she is a Latina is not one of them."

Huh? Try focusing, Cate... It may improve the performance of your day job.

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