Obama to Nominate Latina to Supreme Court
26 May 2009
In about an hour, President Obama will announce his nominee for the spot retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter will leave open and numerous sources point to Puerto Rican from the Bronx, federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Speculation was that Obama would be picking a mujer and a Latina.
I don’t know much about Sotomayor’s record to make a statement of support for the nomination, pero this is a historic moment as she would be the first Latina to serve on the Supreme Court.
As Liza over at Culture Kitchen has pointed out, expect the right to attack Sotomayor’s gender and ethnicity using all the stereotypes they can pull out of their asses.
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4 Responses to Obama to Nominate Latina to Supreme Court
Props to the Fam | VivirLatino
May 26th, 2009 at 11:57 am
[...] As Maegan told us all earlier today, Obama has nominated Latina Sonia Sotomayor to replace outgoing Supreme Court justice, David Souter. [...]
samanta
May 26th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
i am soooo happy today bec of obama pick off sotomayor i have want to see this. bec i belive the same why obama has given hope to alot off black kids that the sky is the limit now every latino kid can see only the sky is the limit and i cant wait to head to D.C to see her in the court it is the best news i have read since jan 20 as black women i am so happy i cant wait to see all the latinos kids how the react i know there eyes will be open to know that u can be what u want abd dont let any any body tell u, u cant…
Obama on Sotomayor Nomination | VivirLatino
May 26th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
[...] This just in via email from the Obama camp: the official statement about the Sotomayor nomination: [...]
Sotomayor Nomination : Identity Politics Games People Play | VivirLatino
May 27th, 2009 at 11:16 am
[...] role of Latinos in politics, and the move towards real change in the current immigration system. Like I said yesterday, I still have to study Sotomayor’s record before I pull out the wepa welcome wagon, pero [...]