Tag: Sotomayor
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Noted in passing
The Senate, to no one’s great surprise, voted 68-31 to confirm Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court. Georgia senators Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss, again to no one’s great surprise, voted against Sotomayor’s confirmation, but maintained a degree of civility about the process. Three Republican senators from Deep South states…
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Strange days, indeed
Sens. Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson announced Thursday they will vote against the confirmation of federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor to a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. But there’s something weird about this.
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What others are saying
My “cousin” Craig Crawford does some blogging on CQ Politics and offers this insightful analysis of the expected fallout from this week’s Senate hearings on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor:
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Headline of the week
From Tuesday’s edition of the Raleigh News & Observer: Sotomayor hearings set off broad debate I certainly couldn’t argue with that.
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Questions I would like to hear Franken ask
The Senate hearings on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor begin this week. One of the witnesses Republicans are calling to testify will be Frank Ricci, the New Haven, Conn., firefighter who filed the anti-discrimination Ricci lawsuit decided recently by the Supreme Court.
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What they said
Senate Republicans are expected to filibuster to try to prevent a vote on the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. Even with their thin numbers (there are only 40 GOP senators), Senate Republicans are under intense pressure from their base to oppose Sotomayor under any and all circumstances.