July 26, 2010 10:21 am ET filed under Blog
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - July 25, 2010
July 26, 2010 10:16 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - July 25, 2010
On Fox News Sunday, former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich defended his year-old "Latina woman racist" attack against Justice Sonia Sotomayor by insisting that a white man would have been pilloried had he made similar remarks. Read in their full context, Sotomayor's remarks do not assert any inherent superiority of judgment for Hispanics — or any other race for that matter. It's worth remembering that Sotomayor was praising the way greater diversity of experience leads to more fully-informed decisions. Later, Gingrich misled viewers to believe that Democrats can extend the Bush tax cuts without changing the law (Republicans wrote the bill to sunset after 2010). Elsewhere, Civil Rights Commissioner Abigail Thomas claimed that polling shows Tea Partiers are reflective of America at large. In fact, polling shows that's just not true.
May 10, 2010 5:24 pm ET filed under Blog
GOP Will Treat Solicitor General Kagan Like Justice Sotomayor
April 22, 2010 5:06 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Ed Whelan & The Ethics And Public Policy Center
The fight over President Obama's nomination to fill Justice Stevens' soon-to-be-vacant seat on the Supreme Court has begun. As conservatives begin to fill the airwaves with their lies and misinformation about potential nominees, one of the most prominent voices will undoubtedly be Ed Whelan of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Unfortunately, the opinions of Whelan - who has both called Roe v. Wade "the Dred Scott of our age" and referred to justices as "judicial knaves" writing "gobbledygook" - are taken seriously and repeated throughout the right-wing echo chamber.
June 04, 2009 9:24 am ET filed under Fact Check
Sen. Graham Admits That Opposing Sotomayor Puts Party Over Country
On June 4, 2009, Roll Call reported that Sen. Lindsey Graham admitted that opposing Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court would merely be the GOP's revenge for Judge Alito's confirmation struggle. He said, "I'm not doing the country any good looking back playing a game of tit for tat. But I'm not going to put my party at a disadvantage if this is the way the game is played."
May 29, 2009 1:43 pm ET filed under Fact Check
Michael Steele vs. Michael Steele: Judge Sotomayor
In his latest off-message outburst, RNC Chairman Michael Steele broke his own guidelines for the review of Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Additionally, Steele is scrambling to criticize President Obama and Judge Sotomayor for views also held by prominent Republicans.
May 26, 2009 7:05 pm ET filed under Blog
Mark McKinnon GOP Memo: 'Blasting' Sotomayor Would 'Guarantee Our Extinction'
In a blog post on The Daily Beast, Republican political adviser Mark McKinnon wrote: "Memo to my party: Blasting targets like Sonia Sotomayor and Colin Powell is a surefire strategy to guarantee our extinction."
May 26, 2009 3:45 pm ET filed under Blog
Sen. Inhofe: Can Sotomayor Rule "Without Undue Influence" From Her Race And Gender?
In response to President Obama's nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace Justice Souter, Sen. Jim Inhofe issued the following in a press release: "In the months ahead, it will be important for those of us in the U.S. Senate to weigh her qualifications and character as well as her ability to rule fairly without undue influence from her own personal race, gender, or political preferences."
