Jeff Sessions on Fox News

Alabama’s junior Senator Jeff Sessions, who has emerged as the ranking minority member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and will be getting his 15-minutes of fame as the lead attack dog on President Barack Obama’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court when confirmation hearings begin July 13, tipped his hand on one of the issues that will come up this morning on Fox News.

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Will the Republicans really fight Obama’s Supreme Court pick?

Or in the end, will they just play games to raise money and throw red meat to the base?

Most of the real experts say Sotomayor will most likely be confirmed. But there will always be wrinkles, or rumors of wrinkles…

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge, according to AP.

The talking heads are all a Twitter about this, but is it a lot of hot air about nothing?

Meanwhile, the rumor mill is alive and spewing down Montgomery way with this tidbit.

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Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court is so qualified with so much experience that the Republicans want to delay her confirmation. What?

They need more time to dig for dirt and raise money by drumming up a fake controversy. That’s what’s going on people. Don’t be fooled.

Funny, our very own Jeffry Sessions, who is slated to be the lead attack dog on Sonia Sotomayor during the confirmation hearings, has been strangely quiet of late. Do you think he knows we are investigating him? Ask his good friend Terry Everett, who decided not to run for another term in Congress when we wrote about his ethics here.

Nah, the Web Press has no influence around here…

Of course the Republicans want to stall…
GOP Rips Dems for Supreme Court Rush

But the Democrats are pushing forward…
Sotomayor’s Confirmation Hearings to Begin July 13

Alabama Democratic Party Chair Joe Turnham praised President Obama’s selection of Sonia Sotomayor as his nominee to the United States Supreme Court in a press release today.

When confirmed, Sotomayor will be the third woman to serve and the Court’s first Hispanic justice.

“President Obama pledged to select a nominee with a rigorous intellect, a mastery of the law and a commitment to impartial justice. He promised to select someone who has a broader perspective on how the world works and has a commonsense understanding of how the law affects the daily realities of everyday life,” Turnham said.

“On Tuesday President Obama delivered on his promise with the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor. Sotomayor’s stirring life story and outstanding career — at nearly every level of our judicial system — makes her uniquely qualified to serve as America’s next Supreme Court Justice. Throughout her career on the bench, she has been lauded as a fearless jurist, with a sharp and independent mind and a deep commitment to the rule of law and our constitutional traditions,” he said. “I commend President Obama on his outstanding choice and congratulate Judge Sotomayor on her nomination.”

Bradley Byrne Opposes Alabama Families on Kitchen Table Issues

Bradley Byrne entered the race for Alabama governor this week, bringing with him a track record of opposing popular measures to improve the lives of middle class families, the Alabama Democratic Party said in a press release.

Known as a fierce partisan in Montgomery, Byrne opposed accepting $66 million in federal unemployment for out of work Alabamians available through the stimulus, helping send those tax dollars to other states.

In the State Senate, Bradley Byrne proposed raiding millions of dollars from the Education Trust Fund to pay for other priorities.

“Bradley Byrne is out of touch with Alabama families on kitchen table issues like standing up for unemployed workers and investing in our education system,” said Alabama Democratic Party Executive Director Jim Spearman. “He has consistently sided against ordinary Alabamians struggling to make ends meet.”

Judge Sotomayor has made the American dream her own, according to President Obama, who nominated her for the United States Supreme court today.

Born and raised in a South Bronx public housing project to Puerto Rican parents, Sotomayor has distinguished herself in academia, as a big-city prosecutor, and as a leading figure on the federal bench. If confirmed, Judge Sotomayor would start with more federal judicial experience than any new Justice in 100 years.

First appointed to the Federal District Court by President George H.W. Bush, and then elevated to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals by President Bill Clinton, Judge Sotomayor is widely admired as one the finest legal minds in America today. As a trail-blazing Latina whose career has spanned nearly every aspect of the law, Judge Sotomayor will show fidelity to the Constitution while bringing to the Court a common sense understanding of how our laws affect the daily realities of people’s lives.

We can’t wait to see how Alabama’s junior Senator, Jeffrey Beauregard Sessions, will approach his staring role in opposing President Obama’s pick for the Supreme Court.

President Barack Obama tapped federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court on Tuesday, making her the first Hispanic in history picked to wear the robes of a justice.

If confirmed by the Senate, Sotomayor, 54, would succeed retiring Justice David Souter.

Administration officials say Sotomayor, with 17 years on the bench, would bring more judicial experience to the Supreme Court than any justice confirmed in the past 70 years.

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