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Kenneth Starr Endorses Sotomayor
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| Contributor | COSDem |
| Last Edited | COSDem Jun 18, 2009 07:16pm |
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| Category | Endorsement |
| News Date | Friday, June 19, 2009 01:15:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Kenneth Starr, the lawyer who chased after President Bill Clinton and his wife, said on Thursday that he supports President Barack Obama's first Supreme Court nominee, federal appeals court Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
Starr voiced his backing of Sotomayor while delivering the keynote speech at a luncheon held in Los Angeles for Loyola Law School's program for journalists who cover legal issues. He said that he "thinks very well of her." He noted that he has not written any official endorsement letter for Sotomayor but that no had asked him to do so—suggesting he would if requested. Starr said that he has told more than one US senator that he supports her nomination, but he wouldn't identify which senators he has spoken to about Sotomayor.
But now he's out of the closet as a Sotomayor booster. How will Rush Limbaugh, Newt Gingrich, and other conservatives who have tried to depict Sotomayor as a race-obsessed liberal activist take this news? More important, will Starr's endorsement--this is true conservative cover--make it even harder for Senate Republicans to go after her? |
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