Obama Nominee Sonia Sotomayor Poised to Become First Hispanic Supreme Court Justice

Democracy Now by Juan Gonzales, Amy Goodman, Cesar Perales, Juan Manuel Garcia-Passalacqua, Tom Goldstein, Marjorie Cohn | May. 27, 2009 (News Analysis)

President Obama has nominated federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, putting her in line to become the country’s first Hispanic justice. The fifty-four-year-old Sotomayor is the daughter of Puerto Rican parents who raised her in a public housing project in the Bronx. We host a roundtable with Marjorie Cohn of the National Lawyers Guild; attorney and SCOTUS Blog founder Tom Goldstein; Cesar Perales, general counsel of Latino ... Full Story »

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by Vincent Caminiti - May. 28, 2009

Amy Goodman - perhaps one of the finest interviewers in journalism - at last provided a dialog that was inspired by intellectual curiosity and not the general cafeteria style food fight that the commercial media promotes in order to sell their wares. This was a delightful and informative discussion.

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by Dwight Rousu - May. 29, 2009

Juan Gonzales intimate familiarity with Puerto Rican issues and personalities helps put together a unique view of the nomination. And he pronounces the names right. The professional and personal stories add background and substance. Discussions of politically activist jurists and fund-raising motivations of opposing nominees are included.

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Stewart And Colbert Return! Take On Media For Sotomayor Coverage (VIDEO)

Huffington Post by Jon Stewart | Jun. 2, 2009 (Comedy News)

Stewart took on cable news networks (and Republicans in general) for focusing solely on her race and misrepresenting her background as foreign when the judge was born in the ...

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