Political Whore Podcast #9: Is Sonia Sotomayor a racist judge, or is Rush Limbaugh full of shit?
June 1, 2009 at 1:28 pm by Wayne Garcia
Sonia Sotomayor with her kids nephews at a ballgame. She certainly will have to be alert for foul balls in the confirmation process. (photo courtesy of whitehouse.gov)
This week’s podcast breaks down the Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court nomination with Tampa media lawyer David Snyder. We talk about her race-based rulings, her temperament, Rush Limbaugh and Tom Tancredo’s charges of reverse racism and whether judges really do/should make policy or not.
Download or stream the HoCast after the jump.
The Political Whore Podcast can be downloaded in mp3 for your personal-pod-listening joy or savored on our streaming player below.
Suggested reading (articles mentioned in the podcast):
Lecture: ‘A Latina Judge’s Voice’ from The New York Times
The Latina Judge’s speech revisited, from The Volokh Conspiracy
National Review’s 2008 “warning” against Sotomayor
The New Republic, “The Case against Sotomayor”
“Sotomayor’s blunt style raises issue of temperament” The New York Times
“Judge Sotomayor and Race — Details from the full data set” SCOTUS Blog
