Prof: Burr safe on Sotomayor

Submitted by bkrueger on July 29, 2009 - 3:25pm.
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Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond who follows judicial issues in Congress, says U.S. Sen. Richard Burr wouldn’t be risking much of the Latino vote by opposing Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.

“I think it might be a bigger risk that he may offend the base of his own party,” Tobias said.

Tobias pointed out that many of the Republican senators up for re-election next year, like Burr, have decided to vote with GOP leadership against Sotomayor, reports Barb Barrett.

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Re: Prof: Burr safe on Sotomayor

Submitted by GiggleBox on July 29, 2009 - 4:56pm.

We dont want a latina RACIST on SCOTUS.

We have enough of the regular kind on SCOTUS already, huh?

If you had a point, you'd leave her race out of it.

Instead you just revealed the point on your own hood.

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Re: Prof: Burr safe on Sotomayor

Submitted by BitterEXdemocrat on July 29, 2009 - 4:49pm.

Thanks for this announcement and vote, Sen. Burr!

We dont want a latina RACIST on SCOTUS.

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Re: Prof: Burr safe on Sotomayor

Submitted by fhblack on July 29, 2009 - 3:37pm.

Shocking to think this was actually going to be about the nominee and her body of judicial work over the years! How many times have higher courts found the problems in her work that our senior senator sees?

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