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The “disturbing” behavior of some senators questioning Sotomayor underscores the need to reform the process

Jul 16, 2009, 5:34 PM 20

LatinaLista — By now, everyone knows Judge Sotomayor will be the first Latina Supreme Court justice. The senators cross-examining her have either alluded to that fact or have just come out and admitted it. Judge Sonia Sotomayor Yet, even…

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The real meaning of a “wise Latina”

Jul 15, 2009, 5:07 PM 20

LatinaLista — As the first Latina Supreme Court nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor has gotten a lot of grief partly over the very thing that makes her nomination so historically significant — the fact that she is Latina. Over the…