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Sotomayor Hearings, Day One: Empathy, Respect, and Political Circus

By Jodi Jacobson, Senior Political Editor

July 14, 2009 - 9:45am

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Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor began yesterday with a sense of predictability and inevitability within the Senate chambers.  Calls by Senators for respectful review of and debate on Sotomayor's candidacy during the hearings, were, however, not heeded by members of the far right in the media, and distortion of her statements continues in the Senate and in the press.


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The Empathy Code: Judging, Judgment, and the Next Supreme Court Justice

By Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check

May 15, 2009 - 8:00am

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Pro-reproductive justice philosophy is grounded in empathy -- the idea that we cannot judge another woman's choice unless we've walked a mile in her shoes.

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