American Bar Association gives Sotomayor top rating

[Adir Pykhtin]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters)
July 7, 2009

– The American Bar Association on Tuesday gave U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor its top rating, boosting her anticipated confirmation as the first Hispanic justice on the highest U.S. court.

The ABA said its Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary based its unanimous "well qualified" evaluation on a review of Sotomayor's professional integrity, competence and judicial temperament.

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Republicans know she's an excellent lawyer. But they are the party of NO.

[zbdent]

1. and before the RWers start going on and on about the ABA's "liberal bias"

maybe they should remember this ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1708499

:puke:

[SuperTrouper]

2. remember that Clarence Thomas got a mediocre rating but the GOP was clearly in love

with his politics. Sotomayor is extremely qualified and shoud get confirmed with more than 90 votes

[pattmarty]

3. I think we're spinning our wheels on this one, the conservatives are............

..........just trying to pull ALL liberals into EVERY political controversy since they have no other ideas. She will be confirmed by a vote of 68 to 32 (my prediction).

[AlbertCat]

4. The ABA is a racist group!

It's the KKK of lawyers!



:sarcasm:

[Blue_Tires]

5. k+r

[metalfox8]

6. Not so

That is not the ABA's highest rating.