Posted by wismel on May 26, 2009, 8:24 pm
wrote:
>kuikahi wrote:
>>>
>>> know that President Obama has nominated Sonia Sotomayor to
>>>> replace Souter on the Supreme Court.
>>>
>>>> She is being hailed as the first Hispanic justice. But that isn't
>>>> so.
>>>
>>>> One of the brightest legal minds ever was Benjamin Cardoza who
>>>> served on the court from 1932 until his death in 1938.
>>>
>>>> Ben was descended from Portuguese Jews who arrived in the New World
>>>> in about 1740. By every possible definition, Cardoza was Hispanic.
>>>
This deserves wide circulation.
ted
Posted by Robert of St Louis on May 27, 2009, 6:26 am
On May 26, 7:24 pm, wis...@yahoo.com wrote:
> wrote:
> >kuikahi wrote:
> >>> know that President Obama has nominated Sonia Sotomayor to
> >>>> replace Souter on the Supreme Court.
> >>>> She is being hailed as the first Hispanic justice. But that isn't
> >>>> so.
> >>>> One of the brightest legal minds ever was Benjamin Cardoza who
> >>>> served on the court from 1932 until his death in 1938.
> >>>> Ben was descended from Portuguese Jews who arrived in the New World
> >>>> in about 1740. By every possible definition, Cardoza was Hispanic.
> This deserves wide circulation.
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Once again...you failed to read...THE FIRST (((FEMALE))) Hispanic.
Posted by Vandar on May 27, 2009, 11:24 am
Robert of St Louis wrote:
> On May 26, 7:24 pm, wis...@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>>wrote:
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>>>kuikahi wrote:
>>>
>>>>
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>>>>>know that President Obama has nominated Sonia Sotomayor to
>>>>>
>>>>>>replace Souter on the Supreme Court.
>>
>>>>>>She is being hailed as the first Hispanic justice. But that isn't
>>>>>>so.
>>
>>>>>>One of the brightest legal minds ever was Benjamin Cardoza who
>>>>>>served on the court from 1932 until his death in 1938.
>>
>>>>>>Ben was descended from Portuguese Jews who arrived in the New World
>>>>>>in about 1740. By every possible definition, Cardoza was Hispanic.
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>>This deserves wide circulation.
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> Once again...you failed to read...THE FIRST (((FEMALE))) Hispanic.
"Sonia Sotomayor, who would become the first Hispanic, and third woman,
on the Supreme Court."
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/26/gop.hispanics/index.html
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>>>
>>> know that President Obama has nominated Sonia Sotomayor to
>>>> replace Souter on the Supreme Court.
>>>
>>>> She is being hailed as the first Hispanic justice. But that isn't
>>>> so.
>>>
>>>> One of the brightest legal minds ever was Benjamin Cardoza who
>>>> served on the court from 1932 until his death in 1938.
>>>
>>>> Ben was descended from Portuguese Jews who arrived in the New World
>>>> in about 1740. By every possible definition, Cardoza was Hispanic.
>>>