Sonia Sotomayor for USSC?

[Caliga]

AP source: Obama picks Sotomayor for Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (AP) - Officials tell The Associated Press that President Barack Obama intends to nominate federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor (SUHN'-ya soh-toh-my-YOR') as the first Hispanic to serve on the Supreme Court.
Sotomayor, 54, would succeed retiring Justice David Souter if confirmed by the Senate. The officials spoke to AP on condition of anonymity because Obama has not yet announced his decision.

[The Larch]

Do you normally have pronunciation guides in news pieces?

[Caliga]

Do you normally have pronunciation guides in news pieces?

Normally not, no.  Assuming she's the nominee, the guides will probably go away within a few days once the pronunciation of her name is widely known.

[Valmy]

Oh...well...I have such a strong opinion on this...

Does she like good and oppose evil?

[jimmy olsen]

You couldn't have posted something more detailed than that Cal? It doesn't say anything about her views, politics or judicial philosophy.

[Caliga]

You couldn't have posted something more detailed than that Cal? It doesn't say anything about her views, politics or judicial philosophy.

I presume Languishites are veteran Googlers and can thus find that information on their own.  Besides, that's all that was in the article. 

[Savonarola]

 

Granholm could have been the first Canadian-American justice.  How long will we continue to be discriminated against?

[Savonarola]

Oh...well...I have such a strong opinion on this...

Does she like good and oppose evil?

Has she ever smoked marijuana?  Has she ever found pubic hair on a can of Coca-Cola and remarked about it to a subordinate?  There are many unanswered questions.

[Ed Anger]

Granholm could have been the first Canadian-American justice.  How long will we continue to be discriminated against?

You just want to get rid of that cunt. I don't blame you, but don't pawn her off on the rest of us.

[Savonarola]

You just want to get rid of that cunt. I don't blame you, but don't pawn her off on the rest of us.

What's the worst that could happen?  She wouldn't have to balance a budget as a Supreme Court Justice.  It's the perfect job for her.

[Darth Wagtaros]

She is a judicial activist. A threat to the Constitution and will be destroyed.

[The Minsky Moment]

You couldn't have posted something more detailed than that Cal? It doesn't say anything about her views, politics or judicial philosophy.

She was a protege of Daniel Moynihan, who got Bush (H.W.) to nominate her to her first federal judicial position to the district court in Manhattan.  I have never appeared in front of her.  Anecdotally, my impression is that she is solid but not one of the judicial stars of the Circuit.

[DGuller]

Do you normally have pronunciation guides in news pieces?

Only when the name will be mis-pronounced by people unfamiliar with it.  I've heard people in the office pronounce it as "Soto Mayor".

[Ed Anger]

You just want to get rid of that cunt. I don't blame you, but don't pawn her off on the rest of us.

What's the worst that could happen?  She wouldn't have to balance a budget as a Supreme Court Justice.  It's the perfect job for her.

Her perfect position is being thrown back across the border.

[Caliga]

Her perfect position is being thrown back across the border.

She's a Puerto Rican, Mr. Raciss.  We own them, remember?