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From NBC's Domenico MontanaroThe Judiciary Committee has released the names of some of the witnesses for the the Sotomayor hearing starting Monday. 
They include, for the Majority/Democrats: NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Former Mets, Yankees Kansas</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>The Sotomayor witness list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/09/1991405.aspx#1991421</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:22:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1991421</guid><dc:creator>Auntie Fascist</dc:creator><description>How about the other two judges who served with Judge Sotomayor on the Ricci decision? &amp;nbsp;</description></item><item><title>The Sotomayor witness list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/09/1991405.aspx#1991422</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:22:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1991422</guid><dc:creator>Tyrone Rule, NY</dc:creator><description>TO Obama is One and Done: &amp;nbsp;President Obama has done more in his first 6 months, then your do nothing Repbubs did in 8 years, but your too stupid and only listen to the Repub network, Fake News!!!! &lt;br&gt;sam &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;===================&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Man, ain't that the truth. Obama has done more in 6 months then Bush ever did. More wrong things that is! That's the problem with one party rule, the crazies get to be in charge, and they ruin the country!</description></item><item><title>The Sotomayor witness list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/09/1991405.aspx#1991425</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:23:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1991425</guid><dc:creator>Ed, San Antonio</dc:creator><description>&lt;br&gt;The list only has some of the witnesses? &amp;nbsp;Yikes, this will be more theatrical than the Uncle Thomas hearings.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;...and just will Ricci say or add to the testimony? &amp;nbsp;Reverse racisim...whatever....I was wronged, first by my City, then the lower court..... &amp;nbsp;and What?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;SNL should have fun with this one, just like they did with the Uncle Thomas Hearings.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Seat Sotomayor NOW!</description></item><item><title>The Sotomayor witness list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/09/1991405.aspx#1991426</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:23:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1991426</guid><dc:creator>Ed, San Antonio</dc:creator><description /></item><item><title>The Sotomayor witness list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/09/1991405.aspx#1991430</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:25:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1991430</guid><dc:creator>Beverly in Chicago</dc:creator><description>Get ready to rumble; Right Wing Dings.&lt;br&gt;It is time to lay your lies and partisanship to shame.</description></item><item><title>The Sotomayor witness list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/09/1991405.aspx#1991440</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:30:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1991440</guid><dc:creator>MO Attorney</dc:creator><description>&amp;quot;Get ready to rumble; Right Wing Dings.&lt;br&gt;It is time to lay your lies and partisanship to shame. &amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;--------------------------------------------&lt;br&gt;@ Bev in Chicago: if only you could recognize the irony in your statement.</description></item><item><title>The Sotomayor witness list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/09/1991405.aspx#1991445</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:31:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1991445</guid><dc:creator>MSierra, SF</dc:creator><description>Linda Chavez, President, Center for Equal Opportunity is a right wing hack who was rejected for Labor Secretary under George Bush&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Couldn't the Republicans get Pee Wee Herman to testify ??&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sotomayor WIKK BE SEATED on the supreme Court&lt;br&gt;Open and shut case&lt;br&gt;Compare her academic record against Alito's record&lt;br&gt;They went ot the same school and Sotomayor graduated Summa Cum Laude&lt;br&gt;Alito didn't&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We're gonna have some Sorry little Republicans when this is over</description></item><item><title>The Sotomayor witness list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/09/1991405.aspx#1991456</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:38:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1991456</guid><dc:creator>CJ, Albany, NY</dc:creator><description>To:Tyrone Rule, NY (Sent Thursday, July 09, 2009 3:22 PM)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Yo man, the &amp;quot;Crazies&amp;quot; have been in charge for the last 8 years! &amp;nbsp;Time to wake up!!!</description></item><item><title>The Sotomayor witness list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/09/1991405.aspx#1991463</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:40:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1991463</guid><dc:creator>Erica </dc:creator><description>I heard Barbara Boxer say earlier that Sotomayor should be treated the same way a male nominee would.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;So I guess she would have no problem with Sotomayor being treated the way Bork was. &amp;nbsp;Or Estrada. Or Thomas. &amp;nbsp;</description></item><item><title>The Sotomayor witness list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/09/1991405.aspx#1991464</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:42:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1991464</guid><dc:creator>Tito</dc:creator><description>Michael Jackson on the witness list? If so, he's going to be a little late. And ripe.</description></item><item><title>The Sotomayor witness list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/09/1991405.aspx#1991470</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:46:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1991470</guid><dc:creator>Matt</dc:creator><description>The desperate GOP would pull Ricci out of their hats.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.political-buzz.com"&gt;http://www.political-buzz.com&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>The Sotomayor witness list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/09/1991405.aspx#1991471</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:46:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1991471</guid><dc:creator>Smith</dc:creator><description>Can someone explain pitcher David Cone? Is he a friend?</description></item><item><title>The Sotomayor witness list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/09/1991405.aspx#1991475</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:47:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1991475</guid><dc:creator>Bill, Fairfax, VA</dc:creator><description>This is for you, Domenico. &amp;nbsp;I am just astonished at how you decide what posts make it to the board and what posts don't. &amp;nbsp;Every day around here there are foul mouthed posts from Anita, mindless attack dog posts from Feisty, and slanderous lies from Eric that all get published. &amp;nbsp;But other material that is not characterized by any of those shortcomings doesn't make the cut. &amp;nbsp;I recognize that this is your playpen and you can run it any way you want. &amp;nbsp;But you might at least maintain the pretext of objectivity and consistent standards. &amp;nbsp;Because right now you have neither.</description></item><item><title>The Sotomayor witness list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/09/1991405.aspx#1991481</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:50:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1991481</guid><dc:creator>Cee Saww</dc:creator><description>BTW, where's all the millions jobs Obama promised? &lt;br&gt;Feisty Brownhair&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Oh they've been created. In China. In India. In Russia. See, Obama didn't say where the jobs would be created.</description></item><item><title>The Sotomayor witness list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/09/1991405.aspx#1991503</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:59:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1991503</guid><dc:creator>mike ca</dc:creator><description>bloomberge is a good get it should go pretty smooth</description></item><item><title>The Sotomayor witness list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/09/1991405.aspx#1991523</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:07:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1991523</guid><dc:creator>Mb, Valpo</dc:creator><description>Beverly, According to Factcheck, over 60% of Sotomayors cases brought berfore the Supremne Court have been overturned. This is clear evidence that she is Incompetent. No lies needed here. Her nonmination was a blatant attempt for Obama to payback the Hispanic vote. Nothing &amp;nbsp;more and nothing less. Another Obama fabrication that he is going to bring change to Washington yet you continue to blindly follow him. </description></item><item><title>The Sotomayor witness list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/09/1991405.aspx#1991524</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:07:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1991524</guid><dc:creator>no joe, no bo, nj</dc:creator><description>David Cone is testifying? &amp;nbsp;The YANKEES David Cone? &amp;nbsp;He of the perfect game, 4 world series wins, current part-time broadcaster? &amp;nbsp;THAT David Cone?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Is he going to testify about her cut fastball?</description></item><item><title>The Sotomayor witness list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/09/1991405.aspx#1991531</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:10:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1991531</guid><dc:creator>Feisty Redhead  Roswell, IL</dc:creator><description>She will be the worst judge in our history. Obama dropped the ball on this one.</description></item><item><title>The Sotomayor witness list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/09/1991405.aspx#1991553</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:23:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1991553</guid><dc:creator>Mark,Seattle</dc:creator><description>ummm guys? David Cone is testifying because Sotomayer was an integral part of ending the baseball strike and Cone was also very active in ending the strike.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;But hey no joe,no bo! It's nice to see you rattle off stats that are actually based in fact!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Oh and the fake Feisty posts are really mature. Do I smell an ugly little dog?</description></item><item><title>The Sotomayor witness list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/09/1991405.aspx#1991559</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:27:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1991559</guid><dc:creator>You obviously have no idea how the Supreme Court works.</dc:creator><description> Beverly, According to Factcheck, over 60% of Sotomayors cases brought berfore the Supremne Court have been overturned. This is clear evidence that she is Incompetent. No lies needed here. Her nonmination was a blatant attempt for Obama to payback the Hispanic vote. Nothing &amp;nbsp;more and nothing less. Another Obama fabrication that he is going to bring change to Washington yet you continue to blindly follow him.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Mb, Valpo (Sent Thursday, July 09, 2009 4:07 PM)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You do realize of course that the Supreme Court routinely overturns more than 75% of all cases it hears? &amp;nbsp;A better figure to consider would be the total number of cases that she &amp;quot;decided&amp;quot; that were later overturned by the Supreme Court.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;And that figure is about 2%. &amp;nbsp;</description></item><item><title>The Sotomayor witness list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/09/1991405.aspx#1991560</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:27:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1991560</guid><dc:creator>Accept the facts</dc:creator><description>It is time to lay your lies and partisanship to shame.&lt;br&gt;Beverly in Chicago&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;All new polling would be showing that Sotomayor would be on the fast track decline. &amp;nbsp;She has shown all of America that she would not be up to the job and Obama better head back to the bullpen to start thinking about Plan B. &amp;nbsp;This will be just another nail in the democrats political coffin.</description></item><item><title>The Sotomayor witness list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/09/1991405.aspx#1991562</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:28:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1991562</guid><dc:creator>Norma, St. Louis, MO</dc:creator><description>The pitcher David Cone is invited because Sotomayor has been credited with saving baseball. &amp;nbsp;I don't know the details of the case.</description></item><item><title>The Sotomayor witness list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/09/1991405.aspx#1991564</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:28:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1991564</guid><dc:creator>C. Hodge, NY</dc:creator><description>Can someone explain pitcher David Cone? Is he a friend? &lt;br&gt;Smith &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Cone is the starting pitcher. Sotomayor will be playing 3rd base.</description></item><item><title>The Sotomayor witness list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/09/1991405.aspx#1991571</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:30:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1991571</guid><dc:creator>SAM, USA</dc:creator><description>This is for you, Domenico. &amp;nbsp;I am just astonished at how you decide what posts make it to the board and what posts don't. &amp;nbsp;Every day around here there are foul mouthed posts from Anita, mindless attack dog posts from Feisty, and slanderous lies from Eric that all get published. &amp;nbsp;But other material that is not characterized by any of those shortcomings doesn't make the cut. &amp;nbsp;I recognize that this is your playpen and you can run it any way you want. &amp;nbsp;But you might at least maintain the pretext of objectivity and consistent standards. &amp;nbsp;Because right now you have neither. &lt;br&gt;Bill, Fairfax, VA (Sent Thursday, July 09, 2009 3:47 PM)&lt;br&gt;---------------------------------------------------&lt;br&gt;For Petes sake Bill - it's first come first serve. They only outlaw the ones that do not have appropriate language. However, on that note, doesn't any of the multiple bloggers work??? &amp;nbsp;Like you Bill - I have seen quite a few of yours! &lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>The Sotomayor witness list</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/09/1991405.aspx#1991583</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:34:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1991583</guid><dc:creator>Allen - Omaha</dc:creator><description>She will be the worst judge in our history. Obama dropped the ball on this one. - Feisty Redhead Roswell, IL&lt;br&gt;-------------------&lt;br&gt;Wouldn't the ability to be the 'worst judge in our history' be more achievable at the lower court level, where decisions are independent and/or at least made by smaller groups?&lt;br&gt;How to do you become the worst judge in history as a SCJ? &amp;nbsp;All of your judgements are in the context of 8 others opinions on the same topic. &amp;nbsp;If she is the worst in our country I would think she would already by the worst. &amp;nbsp;I don't see how becoming a SCJ would enable her to become the worst.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Just my thought.</description></item></channel></rss>