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Sotomayor: Rebut, Then ConfirmOriginal at Washington Post
• Thu, May 28
By Charles Krauthammer Ricci is a New Haven firefighter stationed seven blocks from where Sotomayor went to law school (Yale). Raised in blue-collar Wallingford, Conn., Ricci struggled as a C and D student in public schools ill-prepared to address his ...
Opposing Sotomayor is the Right's Thing to Do
Original at Town Hall
• Thu, May 28
DC And while he works in New Haven, Conn., he certainly didn't attend Yale Law School as Sotomayor did. For one thing, he's dyslexic. That's why Ricci spent more than $1000 to pay an acquaintance to make recordings of the educational materials Ricci ...
At Yale, Sotomayor won apology from law firm
Original at Los Angeles Times
• Wed, May 27
Martha Minow, a classmate at Yale and now a professor at Harvard Law School, called Sotomayor's stand "very courageous." That was Sotomayor, she said: "Be your own person, and stand up for what you believe in." "Pillsbury is committed to diversity of ...
Why Obama Picked Sotomayor
Original at Washington Post
• Wed, May 27
DC Sotomayor rose from Puerto Rican poverty in the Bronx, but Gonzales had a similar trajectory, rising from Mexican American poverty in San Antonio. Sotomayor went to Yale Law School. Gonzales went to Harvard. But then he fell into disgrace. ...
Rove: Sonia Sotomayor isn't necessarily smart, but George W. Bush is
Original at Media Matters for America
• Wed, May 27
Boston Globe DC You might assume Rove was referring to a certain former boss of his who attended Yale and Harvard Business School. But, as Think Progress notes, Rove has previously pointed to George W. Bush's graduation from those schools as evidence of his ...
Sotomayor's "Preferential Treatment"
Original at New Republic
• Wed, May 27
DC Krall asked the questions of Sonia Sotomayor de Noonan, a resident of the Bronx, NY, who had graduated from Princetown before going to Yale Law, during a dinner in New Haven Oct. 2 with several other Yale students. Then again, maybe Goldfarb will argue ...
New Haven case likely to play role in Sotomayor debateOriginal at NECN
• Tue, May 26
Yale Law School is not Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's only tie to New England. One of her biggest rulings came in a Connecticut anti-discrimination case which will likely play a role in the confirmation process. That case is before the court ...
Obama Chooses Sotomayor for Supreme Court Nominee
Original at New York Times
• Mon, May 25
Telegraph.co.uk United States Judge Sotomayor graduated from Princeton University summa cum laude in 1976 and and attended Yale Law School, where she was an editor of the Yale Law Journal. She spent five years as a prosecutor with the Manhattan district attorney's office before ...