"Judge Sotomayor has received praise and high ratings from liberal special interest groups."
Republican National Committee on Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 in talking points on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor
RNC is right that Sotomayor had some previous praise from liberal groups, but not much
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Published: Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 at 4:34 p.m.
Subjects: Sotomayor nomination, Supreme Court
Sources:
The Hill, RNC Fumbles Sotomayor Talking Points , May 26, 2009
Alliance for Justice, 2004 Supreme Court Memo , accessed May 26, 2009
My San Antonio, MALDEF Urges Choice of Hispanic to Replace Souter , by Gary Martin, May 4, 2009
People for the American Way, PFAW Statement on Nomination of Sonia Sotomayor , accessed May 26, 2009
ABA Journal, The Lawyers Who May Run America , by Terry Carter and Stephanie Francis War, Nov. 2008
National Public Radio, The 1998 Vote Confirming Sotomayor to the Appeals Court , by Ken Rudin, May 26, 2009
Office of Senator Charles Schumer, Schumer Letter to Obama , accessed May 26, 2009
Daily Kos Obama Should Pikc Sotomayor for Supreme Court , by Dan Levin, May 11, 2009
Written by: Catharine Richert
Researched by: Angie Drobnic Holan, Catharine Richert
Edited by: Bill Adair
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