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J.Lo Cooks Up Dinner Party for Sotomayor

Lopez, Marc Anthony host new Supreme Court Justice at their LI home

Aug 18, 09 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony honored Sonia Sotomayor’s achievement as the first Latina Supreme Court Justice with a dinner party last night, Gossip Cop reports. The couple had Sotomayor and about a dozen guests—“mostly political types,” the site says—over for cocktails and dinner at their... More »

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entertainment • Long Island • Jennifer Lopez • Marc Anthony • cocktails • Sonia Sotomayor • Supreme Court justice • Latina

 Sotomayor Sworn In 


Aug 8, 09 10:13 AM CDT
(AP) - It's Justice Sotomayor now. Sonia Sotomayor has been sworn in as the Supreme Court's first Hispanic justice. She's only the third female justice in the court's 220-year history. Sotomayor took the second of two oaths of office from Chief Justice John Roberts in an ornate conference room at the high... More »

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US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor • Supreme Court justice • Latina • women's issues

(Newser) - Day 2 of Sonia Sotomayor's Senate confirmation hearings have wrapped up, with the all-but-certain nominee disagreeing at one point with President Obama's assertion in 2007 that a judge's "heart" is important in rulings, reports Politico. “I wouldn’t approach the issue of judging in the way the president... More »

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Senate • nominee • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor • Latina

(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation is in the bag, but this week's hearings have a real value, writes Eugene Robinson: They are exposing the Republican Party's "refusal to accept the basic principle of diversity." For the Washington Post columnist, the anger surrounding the judge's "wise Latina" remark rests... More »

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Senate Judiciary Committee • Jeff Sessions • Senate confirmation hearings • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • white men • Sonia Sotomayor • Latina

ANALYSIS

Sotomayor Also Made 'Wise Woman' Comment in '94


Jun 3, 09 4:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new wrinkle in the flap over Sonia Sotomayor’s “wise Latina” comment: The Supreme Court nominee said almost exactly the same thing in 1994, reports Greg Sargent on Plum Line. Senators had a copy of the speech but made no mention of it when they confirmed her in... More »

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nominee • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • vacancy • Sonia Sotomayor • Latina

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich today backed off his remark that Sonia Sotomayor is a “Latina woman racist,” the Boston Globe reports. When he heard the Supreme Court nominee’s now-infamous “wise Latina” soundbite, “my initial reaction was strong and direct,” he wrote in his blog today on... More »

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Newt Gingrich • Republican • Jeff Sessions • racist • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor • Latina

(Newser) - Robert Gibbs said today Sonia Sotomayor regrets the way she phrased 2001 comments that have some Republicans calling the Supreme Court nominee a racist, the Hill reports. “I think she'd say that her word choice was poor,” the White House press secretary said. He suggested that Sotomayor... More »

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Rush Limbaugh • racism • US Supreme Court • press secretary • Obama administration • Robert Gibbs • President Obama • White House press corps • David Duke • Sonia Sotomayor • word choice • Latina

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