blogs.wsj.com - 6/23/2009
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Jess Bravin reports on the Supreme Court.
Senate Republicans started focusing their critique of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor , readying a series of speeches to illustrate conservative discomfort with President Barack Obama ’s choice to succeed Justice David Souter .
The first could come as early as Tuesday morning, when Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s ranking Republican, is expected to take the floor.
A central point, according to a ...
legalinsurrection.blogspot.com - 6/29/2009
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legalinsurrection.blogspot.com —
In a 5-4 ruling authored by Justice Anthony
Kennedy, the U.S. Supreme Court has reversed the ruling...
by Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor and two other Court of Appeals judges in the case of Ricci v. DeStefano . [Full opinion and analysis below] ...
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Supreme Court Reverses Sotomayor
motherjones.com - 6/18/2009
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motherjones.com —
Kenneth Starr, the lawyer who chased after President
Bill Clinton and his wife, said on Thursday that...
he supports President Barack Obama's first Supreme Court nominee, federal appeals court Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Starr voiced his backing of ...
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Kenneth Starr Endorses Sotomayor
theplumline.whorunsgov.com - 6/22/2009
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New poll numbers really seem to bear out
the fears of some Republicans: The GOP’s quasi-opposition to...
Sotomayor seems to be hurting the party among Latinos in a big way. The latest numbers from the nonpartisan Research 2000 for Daily Kos find ...
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Sotomayor Fight Eroding What’s Left Of Latino Support ...
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Senate Republicans ready to oppose Sotomayor
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
Senate Republicans to ramp up opposition, in a respectful and fair manner, against Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
Alabama Republican Senator Jeff Sessions, the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, will lead this week’s charge against President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee
In a series of speeches Republican Senators will focus on “Sotomayor’s involvement with the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, the New Haven firefighters case, as well as role ‘empathy’ and the influence of international law has had on her ...
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First Read 6/23/2009
Roll Call: "Senate Republicans are expected to begin formally making their case against the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court on Tuesday with a series of speeches questioning her involvement in a Puerto Rican civil rights group and ...
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