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Statist reactionaries on the U.S. Supreme Court have again chipped away at the liberty of American citizens. Justices Anthony Kennedy, Chief...

Update : For Puerto Ricans, Sotomayor's Success Stirs Pride With Judge Sonia Sotomayor poised to be confirmed as Supreme Court Justice, ...

This is from the guy who said the Civil Rights Act of 1964 rested on a principle of "unsurpassed ugliness." The rightwing Newsmax ...

Update: See David Neiwert's The right's irrational view of race is on full display in Sotomayor hearings . The biggest question whe...

A political shellacking; that's what we are seeing. Wonkette's parody below on the start of the hearings is spot-on . Sessions, Grah...

Sonia Sotomayor outclasses her opponents in every round. The collection of bigots, racists, ignoramuses, and the closeted gay-basher who com...

Amazing the disparity in the quality and diversity between the Democratic and Republican members of the U.S. Senate Committee of the Judicia...

Update : Civil Rights Groups: 'We are watching;' GOP: We don't care . As much as the rightwing has tried to bash Sotomayor, ...

The attacks against Judge Sonia Sotomayor are more fun than progressives anticipated. Fun because the predictable impotence and incoherence ...

Bring it on. The White Party says filibuster the first Hispanic Supreme Court nominee . [In Wisconsin, the White Party says: Do not gather r...

Adam Liptak and Jo Becker have a piece in the New York Times today about Judge Sonia Sotomayor and the case of Maher Arar —an innocent Can...

Update II : Smearing Sotomayor Update : See also Joe Conason's Obama's Pick Is a Winner, Already . The GOP attack on Sonia Sotomayor...

Update IV : Judge Sotomayor’s Appellate Opinions in Civil Cases Update III : GOP, Rush, Romney trash Sotomayor. Keep talking. Update II : Se...