Sonia Sotomayor and her new homies at the Supreme Court consider this week whether videos depicting animal cruelty should be protected under the First Amendment. Does the inherent value of animal cruelty videos outweigh the government’s interest in preventing animal cruelty?
20 October 2009
Sonia Sotomayor Cries, Says Her Wardrobe Was Chosen By The White House
By Cindy Casares at 10:46 AM.
5 October 2009
3 October 2009
Sonia Sotomayor To Start New Job On Monday: What’s On Her Mind?
By Alejandro Paz at 8:06 PM.
Sonia Sotomayor begins her new job at the Supreme Court on Monday and it’s about to get spicy up in the highest court in the land and Sotomayor appears ready for the challenge. She will be covered on C-SPAN beginning tomorrow night during their promotional Supreme Court Week.
28 September 2009
18 August 2009
Jennifer Lopez Hosts Dinner For Sonia Sotomayor. Do Not Expect An Evite.
By Alex Alvarez at 1:41 PM.
Jennifer Lopez, mother, actress, singer, dancer, entrepreneur and bride of Xenu, can now add “rich person who hosts events for politicians” to her extensive and impressive resumé. Lopez hosted an “intimate dinner” honoring Justice Sonia Sotomayor at her Long Island home.
8 August 2009
7 August 2009
6 August 2009
5 Reasons We’re Stoked To See Sonia Sotomayor On The Supreme Court
By Alejandro Paz at 5:45 PM.
Sonia Sotomayor was confirmed to the Supreme Court of the United States today and we are creaming our jeans about it. Why? Whyyyyyyy? Well, we gots some reasons.
Watch Sonia Sotomayor’s Senate Confirmation Ushered In By Stewart Smalley
By Cindy Casares at 4:48 PM.
This afternoon, round about 3:14 Washington D.C. time, the United States Senate voted, 68-31, to let a little brown girl from the South Bronx into the Supreme Court of The United States. Let us not miss this opportunity to reflect. With Al Franken.
Liveblogging The Sonia Sotomayor Senate Vote
By Cindy Casares at 2:59 PM.
It’s here! The Senate is voting on whether to make Wise Latina™ Sonia Sotomayor your next Supreme Court Justice. Two minutes early!
4 August 2009
Deconstructing Ghetto Nerds
By Alex Alvarez at 9:00 AM.
Here’s why we’re tired of reading about the rise of ghetto nerds: This isn’t new. Poor nerds have been winning at life in this country for a long, long time now.
31 July 2009
Original Wise Latino, Gustavo Garcia, Gets His Recognition 45 Years Later
By Chris Alonzo at 4:53 PM.
Like the man for whom it was organized, the dedication ceremony honoring the work of civil rights attorney Gustavo “Gus” Garcia (pictured, left), went mostly unnoticed by the media, but minorities everywhere owe a debt of gratitude to the first-ever Hispanic lawyer to argue before the Supreme Court.
28 July 2009
Sonia Sotomayor Passes Senate Committee, Moves On To Lightning Round
By Cindy Casares at 12:28 PM.
Sonia Sotomayor’s future with the Supreme Court of the United States is as good as gold this morning after the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-6 in favor of her wise Latinness gracing the highest court in the land.
22 July 2009
Guanabee Guide: Getting To Know The Senators Grilling Sonia Sotomayor
By Alex Alvarez at 5:30 PM.
As certain Senators interrogate Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor in an attempt to catch her off guard or dig up unsavory tidbits from her past, they neglect to consider their own slip-ups. They’re like Pokémon, if Pokémon had names like “Sketchy” and powers like “Selective Memory.”
Senator Jon Kyl Plans To Vote Against Sotomayor. Just, You Know. So You’re Aware.
By Alex Alvarez at 12:28 PM.
17 July 2009
Is She Or Isn’t She?: Benjamin Cardozo, Sonia Sotomayor And Who, Exactly, Is The First Latino Supreme Court Justice
By Alex Alvarez at 1:29 PM.
There is, of course, no doubt that Sonia Sotomayor is set to be the first Latina Justice of the Supreme Court. But some hugger-mugger still remains over whether she is the first Hispanic to assume such a position, with many pointing to Benjamin Cardozo as holding that particular distinction.
16 July 2009
Wise Latinas Have Got Sotomayor’s Back
By Alex Alvarez at 3:09 PM.
Sotomayor should not have to apologize for her “wise Latina” comments, say some Latinas. Because she’s sassy and stylish!
David Arquette Thinks Latinas Are Nuts Based On His Extensive Anthropological Studies
By Alex Alvarez at 1:45 PM.
Sonia Sotomayor is probably insane if David Arquette’s encyclopedic knowledge of Latina caricatures from straight-to-DVD movies are any indication.
Dana Carvey Says “Sotomayorrrr” On Conan O’Brien
By Cindy Casares at 1:11 PM.
Last night Dana Carvey was on The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien channeling the ghost of Robin Williams on coke circa 1980. He eventually said Sotomayor and something about making nasty in her pants. Like you do.
15 July 2009
The Yuks Of Sotomayor’s Senate Hearing, Day Three: “You Got Lots Of ‘Splaining To Do,” Sonia.
By Cindy Casares at 10:15 PM.
Today was day three of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s Senate hearing and it was the best one yet because Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) quoted Desi Arnaz at her. There was also some talk of Perry Mason because no one in America understands anything unless you relate it back to TV. Also, shameless, liberal fawning!
