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13
No, not Sonia Sotomayor. Miguel Estrada, a Bush nominee to the US Court of Appeals For the D.C. District, often seen as a stepping stone to the Supreme Court.
In 2003, his nomination was filibustered by Democratic Senators ultimately resulting in his withdrawal from nomination. His was the first filibuster in the history of Court of appeals nominees.
Was he filibustered on ideological grounds? Not a chance. A leaked memo to Senate Minority Whip, Dick Durbin spelled out why liberal interest groups wanted him opposed:
They also identified Miguel Estrada (D.C. Circuit) as especially dangerous, because he has a minimal paper trail, he is Latino, and the White House seems to be grooming him for a Supreme Court appointment.
The Democrats opposed Estrada’s nomination because he was a latino. Funny how racism only applies to Republicans.
Via HotAir with a link to the leaked memo.
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C. Cabbie,
You forgot one very important person…Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. The Democratic Congressmen who vetted Thomas for the Supreme Court treated him with such hatred and venom…that Thomas,a black man, called it a high-tech lynching…and it was.
These ’sleazy’ Democratic Congressmen treated Supreme Court nominee Alito in such a demeaning and humiliating way with his family in attendance… his wife broke down and cried at the hearing. Roberts wasn’t treated much better.
Sotomayor will be in good company, she thinks just like these Democratic Congressmen and the far-left weirdos on the Supreme Court…The ends justify the means with these people.
Off the topic for one second..An American…I have sent you 3 e-mails in the last fortnight but no reply. Are you not getting them?
Original Tony
O. Tony,
No, I’m not…give me your email address again and I will send you mine.
Thanks
O. Tony, and C. Cabbie,
Or if you perfer…I’ll ask C. Cabbie to forward my email address to you.
An American…I really don’t mind giving you my e-mail address. Here it is: tony@ballinger5422.freeserve.co.uk