Ruben Navarrette: GOP needs ‘crash course in Latinos 101′
Posted by Keith Kamisugi | Filed under Opinion
San Diego Union-Tribune columnist Ruben Navarrette writes today:
Sonia Sotomayor once said that, when she arrived at Princeton University fresh from the Bronx, she felt like “a visitor landing in an alien country.”
Well, after needlessly subjecting Sotomayor to a four-day spectacle of interrogation, humiliation and condescension, the seven Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee should feel [...]
Tags: gop, Latinos, Republicans, Ruben Navarrette, sonia sotomayor
AP: GOP Sens. Cornyn, Hatch to vote against Sotomayor
Posted by Keith Kamisugi | Filed under Confirmation Process, Media Coverage
As reported today by Julie Hirschfeld Davis of the Associated Press:
Republican Sen. John Cornyn, the head of his party’s Senate campaign arm, said Friday he’ll vote against Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, siding with GOP leaders and conservatives who are lining up against President Barack Obama’s nominee to be the first Hispanic justice.
The Texas Republican acknowledged [...]
Tags: AP, associated press, gop, Hispanic, John Cornyn, Julie Hirschfeld Davis, latino, Orrin Hatch, republican
