NRA Threatens To Punish Senators Who Vote For Sotomayor… No One Listens
Posted on 02. Aug, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Events, Gun Control, Politics, Shera Crossan, Top Stories
National Rifle Association’s threat to punish senators who vote for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has been met with a shrug by Democrats from conservative-leaning states and some Republicans who are breaking with their party to support her. The gun rights group is used to getting its way by spooking lawmakers about the political consequences [...]
Dems warn GOP of backlash for opposing Sotomayor
Posted on 30. Jul, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Audio-Video, Gun Control, Immigration, Opinion, Politics, Shera Crossan, Top Stories
The Senate debate over Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor turned bitter Wednesday, after Democrats warned the GOP it would pay a steep price for opposing the judge who would be the first Hispanic justice, and a top Republican charged they were playing destructive racial politics.
Majority Leader Harry Reid implored Republicans Wednesday to join Democrats in [...]
NRA to score Sotomayor vote
Posted on 28. Jul, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Feedback, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Gun Control, Opinion, Politics, Shera Crossan, Top Stories
As we reported July 17, NRA has announced its opposition to the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the position of Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Subsequent to that announcement, on July 24, NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, and NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox sent a letter to U.S. Senate Majority [...]
Sotomayor assails WWII Japanese-American internment
Posted on 15. Jul, 2009 by Shera Crossan in 9/11, Events, Opinion, Politics, Shera Crossan, Top Stories, War Coverage
Sonia Sotomayor denounced the World War II-era jailing of Japanese-Americans. Sotomayor, due back before the Senate Judiciary Committee at 9:30 am (1330 GMT) on Wednesday, said that the high court erred by rejecting a 1944 legal challenge to the 1942 presidential order for the notorious detentions
“It is inconceivable to me today that a decision permitting [...]
Outside Groups Sound Siren on Sotomayor
Posted on 03. Jul, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Editorials, Feedback, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence, Free Speech, Opinion, Politics, Shera Crossan, Top Stories
Republican senators are speaking in cautious but measured tones about Sotomayor’s qualifications and fitness for the court while Democrats join the White House in singing her praises. But the outside organizations that have a major stake in a high-court fight are taking up warring positions. Conservative groups brand her [...]
Rush L.:Sonia Sotomayor a ‘reverse racist,’ ‘hack’
Posted on 30. Jun, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Audio-Video, Commentary, Feedback, Free Speech, Politics, Shera Crossan
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh blasted President Barack Obama on Tuesday for picking a “reverse racist” and “hack” in Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court. “Here you have a racist — you might want to soften that, and you might want to say a reverse racist,” Limbaugh said of Sotomayor on his show, alluding [...]
Call Someone Racist and Win
Posted on 30. May, 2009 by Shera Crossan in Commentary, Feedback, Free Speech, Opinion, Politics, Shera Crossan
If you remember, I pointed out that choosing a Supreme Court nominee based on minority status is a diversionary trick meant to obscure left-wing ideology. As you know, it doesn’t work with any other kind of political belief — see Clarence Thomas. And buy him a drink. Not a Coke.
And so within hours of posting [...]
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