While at first blush it may seem inappropriate to compare Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor to Jennifer Lopez simply because both are Latina women from modest backgrounds, you've got hear conservative commentator Debbie Schlussel out: she's got a compelling argument for calling Sotomayor "J-Lo":

See, Sonia Sotomayor, like singer and actress Jennifer Lopez, is a Latina woman from a modest background. So it is pretty much exactly like nominating Jennifer Lopez, whose nickname, for a time, was J-Lo, to the highest court in the land. They are both Puerto Rican, and so therefore they are both extremely stupid and undeserving of their success.

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