Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit since October 1998.
Newly sworn in Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is congratulated by Chief Justice John Roberts as her mother, Celina Sotomayor, and her brother, Juan Luis Sotomayor, look on. Photo by Reuters. Chief Justice John Roberts swore in Sonia Sotomayor today as the 111th Justice of the Supreme Court...
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“As more than 13 hours of debate wrapped up Wednesday night, Sotomayor had the support of roughly two-thirds of the 100 senators, including eight Republicans,” reported the Washington Post today. Fo...
The Senate confirmed Judge Sotomayor as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by a vote of 68-31, with Senator Al Franken presiding.
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In an op-ed, “Empathy is important in making judgments,” published by the Oakland Tribune, Equal Justice Society board member Prof. Ma...
From MALDEF: 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. ...
A New York Times editorial in Monday’s edition expressed hope that the “vote in the full Senate for Judge Sotomayor will be overwhelming and the rhetoric more high-minded.” “The case being made against her is strikingly weak. Senato...
In a blog post today on latimes.com, Andrew Malcolm actually says very little about the impact on President Obama of the Senate vote on Judge Sotomayor, despite the post title...
In today’s Los Angeles Times, an article by David Savage buys into the Republican rationale for a near party line vote on Judge Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court. “P...
From the AP: The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to approve Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice. The committee voted 13-6 Tuesday morning to send Sotomayor’s nomination to the full Senate, where she’s expected to be confirmed easily next week. Ju...
Ben Bratman, Associate Professor of Legal Writing at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, explained in a piece published Friday why Judge Sotomayor’s “wise Latina” comment was legitimate: As Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings have progressed, senators and the med...
From CQ Politics: A majority of Americans favor confirming Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, according to a new Fox News/Opinion Dynamic Poll conducted July 21-22. Fifty-three percent of those surveyed said they would vote to confirm Sotomayor, up from 46 percent in an early June survey...
San Diego Union-Tribune columnist Ruben Navarrette writes today: Sonia Sotomayor once said that, when she arrived at Princeton University fresh from the Bronx, she felt like “a visitor landing in an alien country.” Well, after needlessly subjecting Sotomayor to a four-day spectacle of int...
As reported today byJulie Hirschfeld Davis of the Associated Press: Republican Sen...
