Making History Was Just One Factor for Obama in Sotomayor Nomination
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on May 28th, 2009 4:31 am by HL
Making History Was Just One Factor for Obama in Sotomayor Nomination
LAS VEGAS, May 27 — President Obama’s selection of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to become the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice places him beside Woodrow Wilson, Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan as presidents who broke demographic tradition with high court picks.
In Nevada, Obama Touts Clean Energy Production and Announces New Projects
President Obama touted his clean energy and economic stimulus plans yesterday at an Air Force base near Las Vegas, pointing to the base’s vast array of solar panels as a model for the nation as it seeks to reduce its dependence on foreign oil.
Washington Sketch: What Did Sotomayor Mean by That?
In her years on the bench, Sonia Sotomayor has produced millions of words. Opponents of her Supreme Court nomination are particularly interested in 32 of them: