RSSHispanic fund ’shocked’ to be a high-court hurdle
From: The Washington Times | July 12, 2009
NEW YORK | Cesar Perales has fought his share of critics over the years – in legal battles for minorities who were denied jobs, bilingual classes in schools and more Hispanic police officers. But none of those efforts compares with the tempest his Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund has stirred because of the dozen years that Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor served as one of its board members. Conservatives have called the group’s stances on capital punishment and abortion rights, as well as its advocacy of affirmative action in worker discrimination cases, “extreme” and “shocking.” Some have …
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