As compelling & improbable a story that of Sonia Sotomayor’s may seem, it may not be enough to fend off what is likely to be an extended and intense scrutinization of her beliefs...
June 02, 2009 US President Barack Obama's pick of Sonia Sotomayor to join the U.S. Supreme Court will trigger a battle in the US Senate over what conservatives called her liberal positions, but she is likely to prevail. Sotomayor's selection for the...
News Source: The Salt Lake City Tribune
| 6 months ago
Washington » Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is expected to meet privately with Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch on Tuesday as she kicks off a series of one-on-one chats with senators in advance of her confirmation hearings. Sotomayor, a 2nd Circuit...
Latino advocacy groups are hoping to play a large role in support of Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court nomination by using the same get-out-the-vote tactics they employed during the presidential election. The campaign, headed by Hispanics for a...
While at first blush it may seem inappropriate to compare Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor to Jennifer Lopez simply because both are Latina women from modest backgrounds, you've got hear conservative commentator Debbie Schlussel out: she's got a...
News Source: Virginian-Pilot Online
| 6 months ago
Sonia Sotomayor, preparing for her first visit to the Senate since being nominated to the Supreme Court, met at the White House on Monday with administration lawyers who are working on her confirmation. White House aides said Sotomayor was finalizing...
Sonia Sotomayor's Senate confirmation begins Tuesday. Not her formal hearing, that will be held later in the summer. Rather, President Obama's selection to the Supreme Court will start the more informal but important private meetings with the...
Republican senators voiced skepticism Sunday about President Obamas choice for the Supreme Court, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, but avoided the name-calling that has come from some conservative activists – notably former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-...
There are two sides to Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor: a Latina from a blue-collar family and a wealthy member of America's power elite. The White House portrays Sotomayor as a living image of the American dream, though its telling of the rags-...
News Source: Asian Wall Street Journal
| 6 months ago
Senators hit the talk shows Sunday in an informal opening act to Judge Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court confirmation hearing, battling over whether she would bring a nuanced judgment seasoned by a complex life or would let her personal views trump the...
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