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Sounds like a good pick. I just hope people pronounce her name correctly -- it's "So-to-<br>my-YOR," not "SoTOmador," as I've already heard. <br><br>Perhaps the Right will amend it to "SaDAMador," or will they go straight to "Baby Killer"? And I imagine there will be enormous outcry that she's a Latina; after all, there have been so few Anglo men on the court throughout history . . .<br><br>Keely<br>http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/<br><br><br><br><br>> Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 05:54:23 -0700<br>> From: thansen@moscow.com<br>> To: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> Subject: [Vision2020] Obama to Name Sotomayor as Supreme Court Pick<br>> <br>> Courtesy of CNN at:<br>> <br>> http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/26/supreme.court/index.html<br>> <br>> --------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> Obama to name Sotomayor as Supreme Court pick<br>> <br>> WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama has chosen federal Judge Sonia<br>> Sotomayor as his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, two sources told CNN<br>> on Tuesday.<br>> <br>> Obama plans to announce his nominee at 10:15 a.m. ET Tuesday, sources told<br>> CNN.<br>> <br>> Obama said Saturday he wants intellectual firepower and a common touch in<br>> the next Supreme Court justice and said he doesn't "feel weighed down by<br>> having to choose ... based on demographics."<br>> <br>> Obama's nominee will replace retiring Justice David Souter, who announced<br>> this month he would step down when the court's current session ends this<br>> summer.<br>> <br>> There had been wide speculation that Obama would name a woman to the<br>> court, which has one female justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.<br>> <br>> Obama also had been under pressure to nominate a Hispanic justice to the<br>> court, which has never had one.<br>> <br>> Obama's nomination will have to be confirmed by the Senate Judiciary<br>> Committee and the full Senate.<br>> <br>> The nominee is not expected to have difficulty being confirmed in the<br>> Democratic-controlled Senate in time for the new court session in October.<br>> <br>> The president has said he hopes to have hearings in July, with the<br>> confirmation completed before Congress leaves for the summer.<br>> <br>> ---------<br>> <br>> Sonia Sotomayer<br>> <br>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor<br>> <br>> --------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> Sonia Sotomayer is an independent, liberal woman; kinda like a textbook<br>> violation of the right-wing three-strike policy.<br>> <br>> And she is only 55 years of age.<br>> <br>> Seeya round town, Moscow.<br>> <br>> Tom Hansen<br>> Moscow, Idaho<br>> <br>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change<br>> and the Realist adjusts his sails."<br>> <br>> - Unknown<br>> <br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> http://www.fsr.net <br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br><br /><hr />Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. <a href='http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_BR_life_in_synch_052009' target='_new'>Check it out.</a></body>
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