Sonia Sotomayor has been sworn in as the Supreme Court’s first Hispanic justice and the third female justice in the court’s 220-year history.
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Sotomayor sworn in as Supreme Court justice
Posted by PatrickGeee 914 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Senate confirms Sotomayor for Supreme Court
Posted by Raymond3332 915 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The vote was 68-31 for Sonia Sotomayor. She becomes the first Hispanic and just the third woman to serve on the Supreme Court.
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NRA opposition fails to sway senators on Sotomayor
Posted by Killer5434 921 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Sotomayor is expected to easily win confirmation in a vote that could deflate Washington's long-accepted truism that you don't cross the NRA.
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Judiciary Committee OKs Sotomayor for high court
Posted by TerrorKing 925 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The committee voted 13-6 this morning to send Sotomayor's nomination to the full Senate, where she's expected to be confirmed easily next week.
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Cornyn rejection of Sotomayor could cost him Latino vote
Posted by Superfluous 928 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The GOP senator said he will vote against Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court confirmation because of her positions on gun rights and other issues.
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Cornyn confirms he will vote against Sotomayor
Posted by Starseeker 929 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The Texas senator is opposing Sotomayor, who would be the first Latina justice, despite his state's high concentration of Hispanic voters.
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GOP, divided on Sotomayor, won't drag out debate
Posted by Straightos 932 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Sotomayor has solid support from Senate Democrats, who control a 60-vote majority, and at least three Republicans have said publicly they intend to vote for her.
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Sotomayor refuses to detail abortion views
Posted by PatrickGeee 937 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor refused Wednesday to detail her personal views on abortion or the legal right to self-defense, again avoiding any statements that might harm her chances of confirmation.
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Sotomayor: I can't view abortion 'in the abstract'
Posted by kai123312 938 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Sonia Sotomayor also sidestepped when asked whether the Second Amendment right to bear arms applies to state laws.
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Sotomayor hearing starts with Leahy praise
Posted by Slayernator 940 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
In opening remarks, Leahy likened Sotomayor to other judicial pioneers, citing Thurgood Marshall, the first black justice seated on the high court, as well as Louis Brandeis, the first Jew, and Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman.
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Sotomayor impresses in interviews, senators say
Posted by UltraPants 969 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has bonded with female senators about her childhood love of Nancy Drew mysteries and shared war stories with the Senate’s former prosecutors about her days in the gritty Manhattan district attorney’s office.
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Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor fractures ankle in fall
Posted by rakketytam 973 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Sotomayor fractured her right ankle this morning at New York’s LaGuardia Airport before boarding a shuttle to Washington for an afternoon of meetings with senators.
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Sotomayor divulges details on record, writings
Posted by fredfred2 976 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The five boxes of files delivered to Capitol Hill gave senators a fuller picture of Sotomayor’s background and record, as well as of how President Barack Obama came to nominate his first Supreme Court choice.
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Cornyn says Soto�mayor hearings will be civil
Posted by babyg3910 979 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, pledged Thursday that Senate hearings on Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court would focus on her judicial record and not digress into personal attacks.
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Top Democrat: Sotomayor would follow the law
Posted by Webgoddess 980 days ago (http://www.chron.com)Hutchison: Keep respectful the debate over Sotomayor
Posted by RyuuHyuga 983 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison says the debate over Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court nomination should be respectful and based on her record — not on labels applied to the federal judge.
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For Sotomayor, one discrimination case is a likely issue
Posted by Granemor101 987 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Sotomayor, President Barack Obama’s choice to replace Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court, is likely to face questions about her legal reasoning in the case at her Senate confirmation hearing, with Republicans anxious to paint a picture of a liberal judge.
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