A Boxing Match

While most people were paying attention to Day 4 of Sonia Sotomayor's Senate confirmation hearings, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) was grabbing the attention of all those watching the Environment and Public Works hearing this morning. Boxer was speaking to panelist Harry C. Alford, the president & CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce.
It got very testy.
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The Gastronomy of Sonia Sotomayor

Food played a big part of Sotomayor's family life. "Because of my very Puerto Rican taste buds," Sotomayor loves what might sound like exotic fare to some: pig intestines on warm bread, pig feet and beans and pig tongue and ears."
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Exotic? No. ...but you might say she has guts...

Obama Taps Sotomayor for High Court

President Barack Obama tapped federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court on Tuesday, officials said, making her the first Hispanic in history picked to wear the robes of a justice.
If confirmed by the Senate, Sotomayor, 54, would succeed retiring Justice David Souter. Two officials described Obama's decision on condition of anonymity because no formal announcement had been made.
Administration officials say Sotomayor, with 17 years on the bench, would bring more judicial experience to the Supreme Court than any justice confirmed in the past 70 years.
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