Ethics

Sotomayor Opposed Bork Nomination

By Ed Brayton

The Moonie Times reports that Judge Sonia Sotomayor advised a Latino group that opposed the nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court in 1987.

A legal advocacy group advised by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor in the 1980s actively opposed conservative Robert H. Bork's nomination to the high court calling him a "threat" to the "civil rights of the Latino community."

The Senate went on to reject President Reagan's nominee in 1987.

The revelation is included in 350 pages of documents the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund delivered to the senators late Tuesday evening.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on July 06, 2009 (boomark / email).