Democrats Now Like Latino Judges
Using liberal criteria, they just have to be the “right kind” of latinos…
The groups singled out three — Jeffrey Sutton (6th Circuit); Priscilla Owen (5th Circuit); and Caroline Kuhl (9th Circuit) – as a potential nominee for a contentious hearing early next year, with a eye to voting him or her down in Committee. They also identified Miguel Estrada (D.C. Circuit) as especially dangerous, because he has a minimal paper trail, he is Latino, and the White House seems to be grooming him for a Supreme Court appointment. They want to hold Estrada off as long as possible.
– Staff strategy memo to Senator Dick Durbin, 11/7/01
It will be very interesting to watch this play out.
May 26th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Anything to make Republicans seem racist