[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 13843-13844]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             MEDIA IGNORE NEGATIVE STORIES ABOUT SOTOMAYOR

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the national media have 
conspicuously ignored two recent stories about Judge Sotomayor. The 
Washington Times reported last week that three out of five

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majority decisions written by Judge Sotomayor and reviewed by the 
United States Supreme Court have been overturned. That's a 60 percent 
overturn rate.
  In another story, the Washington Times reported on findings of the 
Almanac of the Federal Judiciary. It revealed that out of 21 judges 
reviewed, Judge Sotomayor was the only one who received decidedly 
negative comments about her demeanor on the bench.
  Not surprisingly, there's been no mention of the questions raised 
about the judge's qualifications in any major newspaper or on any 
network TV news program.
  Supreme Court nominees should face scrutiny from the national media 
if they're doing their job. Americans need the national media to set 
aside their bias and report the facts about Judge Sotomayor.

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