Now, liberal groups are voicing concern about Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's stance on abortion. There is little legal history to show how Sotomayor would rule in an abortion case , but the fact that her stance is unknown has caused some concern among abortion rights groups that President Obama's nominee can't be counted on to uphold the Roe v. Wade decision on abortion. Those concerns stem from decisions she has made in cases that were about the First Amendment, free speech and civil rights, but involved abortion in some way. In , Sotomayor sided with the Bush administration in a case brought to court by the Center for Reproductive Rights, which challenged the ban on government funding to international groups that provided abortion or abortion-related services, also known as "Mexico City Policy.
Read Justice Sotomayor's Words on Racial Injustice Before You Go to Sleep Tonight
Read Justice Sotomayor's Words on Racial Injustice Before You Go to Sleep Tonight
She is the first Hispanic and Latina Justice. Her father died when she was nine, and she was subsequently raised by her mother. She worked as an assistant district attorney in New York for four-and-a-half years before entering private practice in Sotomayor was nominated to the U. Bush in ; confirmation followed in
Earlier today, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Utah v. The case involved a man named Edward Streiff, who was stopped without cause by a police officer in Salt Lake City. The officer discovered that Streiff had an outstanding warrant and, upon searching Streiff, discovered methamphetamine.
Her up-by-the-bootstraps tale, an only-in-America story that in many ways mirrors Mr. I simply do not know exactly what that difference will be in my judging. But I accept there will be some based on my gender and my Latina heritage.