Jon Stewart on the Sotomayor Hearings
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Jon Stewart on the Sotomayor hearings: “Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings are no snoozefest, as Republicans call her racist and Chuck Schumer cries.”
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Questions on Temperament and Underlying Sexism
Posted by Keith Kamisugi | Filed under Opinion
Law professor Darren Hutchinson sums up how sexism fuels the criticisms of Judge Sotomayor’s “temperament” saying that the “the reality of sexism (and racism) likely impact the way in which many lawyers evaluate Sotomayor’s tough style during oral arguments.” Read Scalia v. Sotomayor: The Use of Gender-Coded Language to Evaluate a Judge’s “Temperament”.
“Assertiveness in women — [...]
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