RSSGOP targets Sotomayor’s ties to advocacy group
From: The Washington Times | June 23, 2009
Republican senators raised new questions Tuesday morning about Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s work with a Puerto Rican legal advocacy group that critics say once equated abortion with slavery. Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican and ranking GOP member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, spoke on the Senate floor about Judge Sotomayor’s ties to the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF). Mr. Sessions said the group once made the statement equating abortion with slavery and questioned how closely the judge was involved in forming that policy. President Obama’s first Supreme Court nominee already faced questions for her role on …
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