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Sotomayor defends 'wise Latina' remark

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor vigorously defended herself today against charges that her speeches and rulings show racial bias, telling a Senate panel vetting her nomination that critics had misunderstood her record.

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  • Sonia Sotomayor does not need to resign
    If we’re going to set up a fitness test for long-serving government officials, let’s apply it across the three branches of government, and not just cherry-pick a “wise Latina” jurist.
    04/16/2024 - 6:00 pm | View Link
  • You’re Fine Just Where You Are, Sonia Sotomayor
    Ignore the haters! You are a strong, wise Latina, after all, and have every right to be proud of your tenure on the court — all those influential majority opinions you’ve written. You are held ...
    04/8/2024 - 7:48 am | View Link
  • Sotomayor says she was 'perfect affirmative action baby'
    Sotomayor has been criticized by some conservatives for her remarks on diversity, and her 2001 comment that she "would hope that a wise Latina woman, with the richness of her experiences ...
    06/10/2009 - 1:00 pm | View Link
  • Sotomayor's 'wise Latina' comment a staple of her speeches
    The line was almost identical every time: "I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would, more often than not, reach a better conclusion." That sentence ...
    06/7/2009 - 1:00 pm | View Link
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