The Rational Hysterics

Republicans won't beat Sonia Sotomayor by attacking her as too darn human.

Instead of wading into a bruising identity politics war they cannot possibly win, conservatives—even the angriest conservatives—should wade into Sotomayor's vast legal writings. There are hundreds of cases for them to read and parse and quote out of context. Let's have this confirmation battle on the merits, rather than in the sinkhole of unfounded character attacks. The real problem for Sotomayor's opponents is that anyone who has closely read her ... Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
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by Dwight Rousu - May. 27, 2009

Lithwick cuts through much of the non-sense surrounding the appointment, in the process of giving some insight.

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