Says Sotomayor’s involvement with PRLDEF was “deeper than previously thought”
A spokesman for Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions says documents provided by the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund show that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor played a “deeper than previously thought” role in controversial positions taken by the PRLDEF. And Sessions’ office says the White House and PRLDEF have still not turned over all the material requested by the Senate Judiciary Committee for Sotomayor’s confirmation hearing. PRLDEF turned over some material last night — just two weeks before the scheduled beginning of the Sotomayor hearing — and Republicans say there is still more material that needs to be examined. From Sessions spokesman Stephen Boyd:
