The U.S. Senate has confirmed the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor as an associate justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. U.S. President Barack Obama welcomed the 68 to 31 vote, which came after three days of debate on Sotomayor’s judicial record and public statements.
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Sotomayor Confirmation: Senate Judiciary Committee Votes: WATCH LIVE
July 28th, 2009 |
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On Tuesday the Senate Judiciary Committee will convene to vote on the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. Sotomayor is expected to win approval on a “near party line” vote.
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Charles H. Green: Sotomayor Was Right the First Time: A Wise Latina Does Know More
July 27th, 2009 |
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Supreme court nominee Sonia Sotomayor now-famously said, in 2001, that she would hope she would hope a “wise Latina would make better decisions because of…
Jason Daley: Dear Sonia: Sotomayor’s Lost Year
July 22nd, 2009 |
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In 1980, Sotomayor was in Michigan, dishing out a distinctive brand of saucy advice for the Port Huron Tribune-Undertaker.
Sotomayor Vote Delayed One Week By Judiciary Committee Republicans
July 21st, 2009 |
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WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee has put off its vote on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor (SOHN’-ya soh-toh-my-YOR’) for one week after Republicans asked for a delay.
Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy says the v…
Jim Wallis: Sotomayor and the Fundamentals of Diversity and Affirmative Action
July 20th, 2009 |
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The confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor this week again brings up the fundamental issues of diversity and affirmative action. Regardless of what we think…
Leahy To GOP: “Stop The Racial Politics” On Sotomayor
July 19th, 2009 |
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The two top officials on the Senate Judiciary Committee left niceties at the door when they held a joint appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday.
Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) accused the Republican Party of playing “racial politics…
Menendez Serves As Voice Of Senate Democrats For Hispanic Community On Sotomayor
July 17th, 2009 |
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Back home in Union City, N.J., these last few weeks, Senator Robert Menendez would walk into a restaurant only to have someone shout the inevitable question. “Oye, ¿cómo le va a la jueza?”
Translation: “Hey, how’s it going for the judge?”
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Judge Sotomayor’s Suits: Which Did She Wear Best? (PHOTOS, POLL)
July 16th, 2009 |
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Judge Sonia Sotomayor has spent the last four days on Capitol Hill making the case for her Supreme Court suitability. But as the nation watched, the other question became clear: How did her actual suits stack up? Although the sheer black stock…
Peggy Drexler: Gender and the Judge: Sotomayor encounters a familiar bias
July 16th, 2009 |
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I’ve been following the Sotomayor hearings, and I’ve come to some conclusions. Her “wise Latina” comment was just an observation about the importance of life…
Michael Masklansky: Handling the “Whoopses”: Judge Sotomayor and The Art of Fixing a Misspeak.
July 16th, 2009 |
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But in today’s age of the media microscope, every judge, politician or CEO has at least one “whoops” that they wish they hadn’t said or done. And until time travel becomes an option, the challenge is in how well you handle your critics when these events come to light.
Ed Hayes: Sotomayor: Who Could Be More American?
July 16th, 2009 |
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I think of her as coming from the area covered by the Eight Homicide Squad in the Bronx.
Michael Shaw: Reading the Pictures: Reaching The High Court On The Backs Of White Heroes
July 16th, 2009 |
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Talk about wedge tactics. Take a look at this line of New Haven firefighters filing into the Sotomayor confirmation hearings Wednesday morning. (If you…
Allison Kilkenny: My Interview with the Man Who Spent 16 Years in Jail Because Sonia Sotomayor Denied His Appeal
July 15th, 2009 |
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Jeffrey Deskovic served 16 years in prison for a murder and rape he did not commit. At the age of 16, he was arrested based…
Coburn Evokes Ricky Ricardo While Speaking To Sotomayor: “You’ll Have Lots Of Splainin’ To Do” (VIDEO)
July 15th, 2009 |
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(AP) WASHINGTON — Sen. Tom Coburn evoked a 1950s TV show Wednesday in a quip responding to Sonia Sotomayor’s scenario about what he might do if she – hypothetically, of course – attacked him.
“You’ll have a lot of ‘splainin’ to do,” Coburn s…
White Men Can’t Judge: Stewart Takes On Sotomayor’s Confirmation Hearings (VIDEO)
July 15th, 2009 |
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Jon Stewart managed to make Sonia Sotomayor’s fairly dry confirmation hearings hilarious last night by calling out her questioners on issues of race, self-aggrandizement, and general ridiculousness. The only person who didn’t look like a caric…
GOP Senate Candidates Won’t Disclose How They’d Vote On Sotomayor
July 15th, 2009 |
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Republicans running for the Senate next year, including those scrounging for votes to win difficult primaries, aren’t saying how they’d vote on Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
Interviews with a dozen Republicans running for…
Rick Horowitz: At Sotomayor Hearings, Some Like it Simple
July 14th, 2009 |
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