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...moderate or just plain pragmatic Republicans are worried about putting off Hispanics, they are also under enormous pressure from conservative activist groups - Rush Limbaugh called Sotomayor and Obama "reverse racists" - to not let her go through without a real fight. "President Obama carried through on his threat to nominate a Justice who would indulge her policy preferences and biases on the bench," says Ed Whelan, president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a group opposing Sotomayor's candidacy. "I'm going to continue to do all I can to expose Sotomayor's view of judging...
...these paintings and drawings - both those by him and of him," says Emilie Sergent, a 28-year-old art apprentice who furiously noted down the starting and sale price of most of the objects, even though she couldn't afford any of them. "I guess coming here sort of let me feel like I could get inside le mime Marceau's world for the last time before it gets split...
...never in my wildest childhood imaginings did I ever envision that moment, let alone did I ever dream that I would live this moment...
...Sotomayor said the federal court of appeals is where "policy is made," the kind of statement that can get you tagged as an activist judge who tries to make law instead of interpret it. Sotomayor appeared to know that was the danger in the words she had just let slip, because she quickly added, "And I know that this is on tape, and I should never say that. Because we don't 'make law' ... I'm not promoting it, and I'm not advocating it." (See four myths about Supreme Court nominees...
...Huilongguan Super League takes its inspiration from the Community Shield, an English trophy that matches England's best professional team against its best amateur team for charity. "We came up with a slogan for the championship last year - 'Return sportsmanship to football, and let the people's sport remain a people's sport.' " Wang is not alone in his conviction. In recent years, amateur football leagues have started to catch on in larger neighborhoods in Beijing. On May 17, as 12 teams in the Huilongguan Super League played their 9th round, at least four other community championships were being played...