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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Sully- who wrote (30680)6/4/2009 6:30:43 AM
From: Sully-   of 35834
 
We've Waived the Right to Press Sotomayor on Being a Puerto Rican Separatist Who Couldn't Bring Herself to Say "United States"?

Andy McCarthy
The Corner

Besides Ed's important post below, his separate Bench Memos post is a must read. In it, he notes what is likely to become the Left's mantra on this: namely, that if Sonia Sotomayor's meanderings on Puerto Rican separatism — and her allusion to "North American Congress" and "mainland Congress" because she couldn't bring herself to utter "United States" — were such a big deal, why did Republicans fail to object when she was nominated to the Second Circuit in 1997?

This "waiver" argument is laughable. Judge Bork, of course, was defeated as a Supreme Court nominee after breezing to confirmation for the D.C. Circuit. I'd also note the following:

Justice Alito: confirmed by only 58-42 for the Supreme Court after being unanimously in 1990 for the 3rd Circuit.

Chief Justice Roberts: confirmed by 78-22 after being confirmed for the DC Circuit in 2003 on a voice vote.

Justice Thomas: confirmed by only 52-48 after being confirmed for the DC Circuit in 1989 on a voice vote.

The failure to raise issues in lower court confirmation hearings has never been a bar to raising them for the far more consequential seats on the Supreme Court.

corner.nationalreview.com
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