Six months after a narrowly divided Supreme Court announced that crime lab reports may not be used against criminal defendants at trial unless the analysts responsible for them testify, the court heard arguments on Monday about how the new system is working and whether it needs to be refined or rejected.

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Jezebel editors delve into the recent profiles written about Justice Sotomayor. They play particular attention to the recent piece in Latina Magazine to inform how much was truly at stake with her historic nomination. Although Lauren Collins’s article deserves a deep reading on its own merit,  here are eight items that stood out to me as particularly telling.

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this July 13, 2009.

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Justice Sotomayor arrived in Puerto Rico for the first time since becoming the U.S. Supreme Court’s first Hispanic justice. Sotomayor said she was delighted to “return to her parents’ Caribbean homeland.” The High Court justice will be participating in a few private engagements and spending time with relatives.

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NY TIMES By MIREYA NAVARRO
THE phrase by itself was a compliment.

Then it became a term of derision for some political commentators, bloggers and senators.

And now, “Wise Latina” is a catchphrase emblazoned on T-shirts, mugs and baby bibs, and a moniker for any number of new Facebook groups.

The author, Sonia Sotomayor, who on Thursday was confirmed as the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, may have distanced herself from the term at her confirmation hearings, but other Latinas are running with it, adopting it as a rallying cry and wearing it as a badge of pride.

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WASHINGTON — Sonia Sotomayor won confirmation Thursday as the nation’s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, a history-making Senate vote that capped a summer-long debate heavy with ethnic politics and hints of high court fights to come.

The third woman in court history, she’ll be sworn in Saturday as the 111th justice and the first nominated by a Democrat in 15 years.

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WASHINGTON – Republican Sen. John McCain says he’ll oppose Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor when the Senate votes on her confirmation this week.

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From Sotomayor for Justice

The fight is not yet over. As we celebrate the movement of Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination from the Senate Judiciary Committee to the floor of the U.S. Senate, we must continue to show our public support.
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this is funny, Judge Sonia Sotomayor is on TMZ! Watch Video

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Senator To Sotomayor: You Say Things That “Bug The Hell Out Of Me”

Judge Sonia Sotomayor appears Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the fourth day of her Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Further questioning from Senators and first witness testimony is on the schedule. Our full liveblog of the day’s events is below. Read More

Racist And Sexist Attacks Against Judge Sonia Sotomayor
Conservatives have been launching all sorts of attacks against President Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee.

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Maria Teresa Kumar on MSNBC talking about the Wise Latina comment
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