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Congratulations, Justice Sonia Sotomayor! Sotomayor was confirmed earlier today by a vote of 68 to 31-nine Republicans crossed the aisle to vote for her.
With the ascension of one “wise Latina” to the highest court in the land, I assume the rounding up and imprisoning of whites will begin any day now, so I’ll have to celebrate while I can.
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Unless every major news agency is jumping the wrong gun this morning, President Obama will nominate Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace retired SCOTUS Justice David Souter. Obama will be on the teevee making an announcement at 10:15 EST.
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The Senate Republicans have tapped Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) to replace the newly Democratic Arlen Specter as the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The position has added importance in wake of Justice Souter’s announced retirement. Sessions will act as the opposition to committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) during the upcoming Senate confirmation hearings for Souter’s as yet undecided replacement.
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Where is that, you ask? Why, dear reader(s), that would be the Supreme Court which, in what must be one of the strongest signs yet of impending apocalypse, is actually giving the time of day to this ridiculous piece of batshittery:
The US Supreme Court will consider whether to take up a lawsuit challenging President-elect Barack Obama’s US citizenship on Friday, a continuation of a New Jersey case embraced by some opponents of Obama’s election.
No, I can’t believe it either.
True, all kinds of cases are brought to the court, and they …
