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It is clear that O’reilly and republicans don’t like Mrs. Pellosi. They want her out right now. This video clearly shows their intense dislike towards her. The reasons are many to mention right now. However, the one that is cooking is her inner fighting with the CIA. Video below. 

Dick Cheney said, “Freedom means freedom for everyone.” Cheney has decided to become the righteous one. A man who mainly stayed in the shadows dictating the steps the last President took is now becoming a celebrity for justice and equality. At least, it is the face he is showcasing to the world nowadays. We all wished for a Vice-president this good when Bush was in power. How things change when we grasp the notion of reality and the fact that we are no longer running the show. Video below: 

The always frank and outspoken vice-president Joe Biden is calling Obama’s decision to nominate Sotomayor to the Supreme Court a homerun. This is what he has to say, “President Obama hit a home run with his nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court — and not just because she’s the “woman who saved baseball” by ending the strike in 1995, nor simply because she would be the first Latina ever to serve on the high court.”

It was a home run because in her three-decade career as a prosecutor, judge, private litigator and law professor, she has time and again earned bipartisan praise as one of America’s finest legal minds. And it was the right choice because Judge Sotomayor — herself born and raised in a South Bronx housing project — has summed up the American dream in her own incredible story and never once forgotten how the law affects our daily lives.

Furthermore, he asks, “pease join me in becoming part of this historic moment for the Court and our country by adding your name now to publicly show that you, too, “Stand with Sotomayor.” In these crucial early hours, let us leave no doubt about the people’s support for this extraordinary nominee.”

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Has the US congress become a place where nothing is taken seriously? Well, the next video can answer that question. Anyhow, the video does fail to answer whether speed readers are truly use in the day to day activities of congressional proceedings. 

MoveOn.org is expressing its view on Judge Sotomayor nomination to the supreme court. They have developed 10 key points to demonstrate that Obama’s decision to choose Sotomayor was the right choice. The following are the key points: 

Ten Things To Know About Judge Sonia Sotomayor

1. Judge Sotomayor would bring more federal judicial experience to the bench than any Supreme Court justice in 100 years. Over her three-decade career, she has served in a wide variety of legal roles, including as a prosecutor, litigator, and judge.

2. Judge Sotomayor is a trailblazer. She was the first Latina to serve on the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and was the youngest member of the court when appointed to the District Court for the Southern District of New York. If confirmed, she will be the first Hispanic to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court.

3. While on the bench, Judge Sotomayor has consistently protected the rights of working Americans, ruling in favor of health benefits and fair wages for workers in several cases.

4. Judge Sotomayor has shown strong support for First Amendment rights, including in cases of religious expression and the rights to assembly and free speech.

5. Judge Sotomayor has a strong record on civil rights cases, ruling for plaintiffs who had been discriminated against based on disability, sex and race.

6. Judge Sotomayor embodies the American dream. Born to Puerto Rican parents, she grew up in a South Bronx housing project and was raised from age nine by a single mother, excelling in school and working her way to graduate summa cum laude from Princeton University and to become an editor of the Law Journal at Yale Law School.

7. In 1995, Judge Sotomayor “saved baseball” when she stopped the owners from illegally changing their bargaining agreement with the players, thereby ending the longest professional sports walk-out in history.

8. Judge Sotomayor ruled in favor of the environment and against business interests in 2007 in a case of protecting aquatic life in the vicinity of power plants, a decision that was overturned by the Roberts Supreme Court.

9. In 1992, Judge Sotomayor was confirmed by the Senate without opposition after being appointed to the bench by George H.W. Bush.

10. Judge Sotomayor is a widely respected legal figure, having been described as “…an outstanding colleague with a keen legal mind,” “highly qualified for any position in which wisdom, intelligence, collegiality and good character would be assets,” and “a role model of aspiration, discipline, commitment, intellectual prowess and integrity.”

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“She has more experience than any other serving Supreme Court Judge. We, America, need her on the Supreme Court,” Obama said of Sotomayor.

Obama has nominated judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court. She had been previously mentioned on the news. But, President Obama hid it very well and did not give any hint about his decision on deciding for Sotomayor. 

Background: Sotomayor was born in The Bronx, New York, to Puerto Rican parents. She grew up in a housing project in the South Bronx, a short walk from Yankee Stadium.

She was diagnosed with diabetes at age 8. Her father, a tool-and-die worker with a third-grade education, died the following year. Her mother, Selena Sotomayor, a nurse, raised Sotomayor and her younger brother, Juan Sotomayor, who is now a doctor. Sotomayor has often stated that her mother is the one person that is her life inspiration. In 1976 Sotomayor married while still a student at Princeton University and divorced in 1983.

Sotomayor graduated from Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx. She earned her A.B. fromPrinceton University, where she graduated summa cum laude, in 1976, where she won the Pyne Prize, the highest general award given to Princeton undergraduates.

Sotomayor obtained her J.D. fromYale Law School in 1979, where she was an editor of the Yale Law Journal. Sotomayor then served as an Assistant District Attorney under prominent New York County District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, prosecuting robberies, assaults, murders, police brutality, and child pornography cases. In 1984, she entered private practice, making partner at the commercial litigation firm of Pavia & Harcourt, where she specialized in intellectual property litigation.

Reaction from the Senate:

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said, “Senate Republicans will treat Judge Sotomayor fairly, but we will thoroughly examine her record to ensure she understands that the role of a jurist in our democracy is to apply the law even-handedly, despite their own feelings or personal or political preferences.”

Democratic Senator Arlen Specter said, “Her confirmation would add needed diversity in two ways: the first Hispanic and the third woman to serve on the high court.”

The above event is ground breaking for the Hispanic Community in the US. It is one step forward which opens the doors for all those lawyers and justices around the country with a hispanic background to be able to be able to dream big and have a familiar face the highest court of America. 

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