NRO’s Bench Memos on political connections of judicial nominees: ‘Federalist Society, No! La Raza, Si?’
NRO:
A commenter at the Weekly Standard Blog reminds us that the Democrats were very, very concerned about the association of John Roberts and Samuel Alito with that well-known extremist group, the Federalist Society. So we know they’ll be equally interested in Judge Sotomayor’s past (and present?) association with La Raza, right?
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Tags: Democrats, Federalist Society, John Roberts, Samuel Alito