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Obama Introduces Sonia Sotomayor As His Nominee For Supreme Court
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Judge Sotomayer’s Comments at SCOTUS Appointment Announcement
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Obama names Sonia Sotomayor to US Supreme Court
By Patrick Martin
http://www.wsws.org
27 May 2009
President Barack Obama announced Monday morning his nomination of Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor to fill the vacancy on the US Supreme Court created by the resignation of sitting Justice David Souter. He urged the Senate to hold confirmation hearings and vote on the nomination in July so that Sotomayor could be sworn in before the Supreme Court opens its fall session in October.
The Sotomayor nomination is being hailed by liberals and damned by the ultra-right in equal measure, but it confirms Obama’s predilection for the predictable, conservative choice. It demonstrates the essence of Democratic Party liberalism, personified by Obama himself: the defense of corporate America and the capitalist state, slightly flavored with identity politics.
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So, Turley with his Lefty Creds, tells a truth, that Sotomayor is a legal lightweight.
Be careful, Mr T, or you’ll lose that commentator job on MSNBC.