Comments on: Why You Should Oppose Sonia Sotomayor’s Nomination to the Supreme Court http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/why-you-should-oppose-sonia-sotomayor%e2%80%99s-nomination-to-the-supreme-court/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:26:58 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: 42ezra http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/why-you-should-oppose-sonia-sotomayor%e2%80%99s-nomination-to-the-supreme-court/comment-page-1/#comment-266889 42ezra Tue, 26 May 2009 15:57:47 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=57116#comment-266889 Eminently UNQUALIFIED for agreeing with lower court in Ricci v. Destafano (sp?) Eminently UNQUALIFIED for agreeing with lower court in Ricci v. Destafano (sp?)

]]> By: Mountain Jack http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/why-you-should-oppose-sonia-sotomayor%e2%80%99s-nomination-to-the-supreme-court/comment-page-1/#comment-266862 Mountain Jack Tue, 26 May 2009 15:29:01 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=57116#comment-266862 Sotomayor is eminently qualified. • Age 54 (Born June 25, 1954, New York City) Judicial Career • U.S. Appeals Court judge, 2nd Circuit, 1998-present • U.S. District Court judge, 1992-1998 • Nominated to federal bench by George HW Bush in 1991, Clinton in 1997 Government/Legal Career • Former N.Y. County Assistant District Attorney, 1979-1984 • Former private practice attorney, Pavia & Harcourt, New York, 1984-1992 Politics • Confirmed by Senate 67-29 in 1998 • Confirmation to current seat took over 1 year • Was opposed by majority of GOP senators • Was unopposed in 1991 confirmation process Education • J.D., Yale Law School, 1979 • B.A., Princeton, 1976 (summa cum laude) Sotomayor is eminently qualified.

• Age 54 (Born June 25, 1954, New York City)

Judicial Career

• U.S. Appeals Court judge, 2nd Circuit, 1998-present

• U.S. District Court judge, 1992-1998

• Nominated to federal bench by George HW Bush in 1991, Clinton in 1997

Government/Legal Career

• Former N.Y. County Assistant District Attorney, 1979-1984

• Former private practice attorney, Pavia & Harcourt, New York, 1984-1992

Politics

• Confirmed by Senate 67-29 in 1998

• Confirmation to current seat took over 1 year

• Was opposed by majority of GOP senators

• Was unopposed in 1991 confirmation process

Education

• J.D., Yale Law School, 1979

• B.A., Princeton, 1976 (summa cum laude)

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