The United States Senate has confirmed Sonia Sotomayor as the 111th Justice of the Supreme Court by a vote of 68–31. Suck it, empathy- (and Latina-) haters!
Sonia Sotomayor (the activist Latina judge who adjudicates through the lens of her personal experience, unlike Clarence Thomas or the Italian judges, what’s his name and what’s his name, they’re all black to me, since I live in the year 1910) has…
“This is the same week where the American people have been treated to the unseemly spectacle of conservative politicians using ‘racism’ as a club to beat up Judge Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic American woman nominated to the United States Supreme Court…
Unemployed, glued to your computer and have a faint sense of civic interest? Here is your C-Span stream to watch Sonia Sotomayor get grilled about how she hates white people. They actually let you choose which camera view you want to watch, which is rather wonderful.
“Republicans plan to call a white firefighter whose reverse discrimination claim was rejected by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor to testify against her.” Great! Maybe they could also cut an ad showing a Hispanic hand…
The Supreme Court has reversed the Second Circuit’s ruling in Ricci v. DeStefano by 5–4, “on ideological lines.” The case, in which a white firefighter claimed discrimination after being denied a promotion, will be at the center of Judge Sonia…
“I’m sure when Sonia Sotomayor was six years old, being raised by a single Puerto Rican mother in the Bronx in the 70’s, she knew she could kick back and riiiiiide it out, because she was on fucking Easy Street, baby.” Sonia Sotomayor was nine when her father…
An article in the American Spectator asking the probing question “What If Sotomayor Were White?,” makes some good points! For instance:
Take everything that is known about Sonia Sotomayor and change three factors — her…