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Judge Sotomayor: Why Her?

0 Comments Published by May 26th, 2009 in Barack Obama, Sonia Sotomayor

President Obama’s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace Justice David Souter is the type of decision we have come to expect from the Obama administration. It involved important political considerations and will likely prove to be good enough for liberals but not off-putting for conservatives. Let me start off with the assumption that she [...]

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