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Sotomayor’s Bumpy Road to Confirmation

Aug 6, 2009
In Washington, a Supreme Court nomination usually sets off a flood of political accusations, and in this case the GOP certainly upheld the grand old tradition of seeing sin where none existed.The GOP had to turn to some pretty flimsy accusations in the fight over Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation.

Sotomayor Makes the Senate Cut

Aug 6, 2009
The U.S. Supreme Court just got a little wiser. On Thursday, the Senate voted 68-31 -- split largely along party lines -- to confirm Sonia Sotomayor as the first Latina Supreme Court justice and only the third woman to serve on America's top court.

Confirmation Remarks Worth Revisiting

Jul 14, 2009
Supreme Court confirmation hearings are as much about politicians grabbing a little face time as they are about probing a nominee's legal philosophy Amid all the posturing and finger-wagging Monday, Sen Sheldon Whitehouse spoke rather eloquently about what the court has become, and what it should be: "  A place where the comfortable can be afflicted and the afflicted find some comfort  ".