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Justice Sotomayor introduces new term into the legal lexicon

Politics on December 9th, 2009 No Comments

In an opinion that has the right wing whackos in a tizzy, Justice Sonia Sotomayor has introduced a new word into the legal lexicon of the nations highest court.
It’s an apparent first for the U.S. Supreme Court, the term “undocumented immigrant” is now part of the legal lexicon for the nation’s highest court. Justice [...]

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Senate confirms Justice Sonia Sotomayor on a 68-31 vote

Politics on August 6th, 2009 Comments Off

In the end, 9 Republican’s saw the light and voted with the majority party in confirming Justice Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court, replacing retired Justice David Souter.
Judge Sotomayor becomes the 111th person, the first Hispanic and only the third woman on the nations highest court.
Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Massachusetts, supported Sotomayor but [...]

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With partisian support, Sotomayor confirmation set for Thursday afternoon

Politics on August 6th, 2009 Comments Off

Judge Sonia Sotomayor was expected to easily win Senate confirmation Thursday as two more Republican senators announced their support for the country’s first Hispanic high court pick.
The final day of debate is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., with a vote on her nomination scheduled for about 3 p.m. Legal sources said a White [...]

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Supreme Court to consider immigrant’s ID theft case

Featured on February 22nd, 2009 Comments Off

WASHINGTON — Ignacio Carlos Flores-Figueroa, an undocumented worker from Mexico, made a curious and undeniably bad decision. After working under an assumed name for six years, he decided to use his real name and exchanged one set of phony identification numbers for another.
The change made his employer suspicious and the authorities were called in. The [...]

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