Sonia Sotomayor was confirmed in the full Senate today to be the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. She is scheduled to be sworn in on Saturday by the Chief Justice. She will be the 111th person to sit on the nation’s highest court. The vote took place in the mid afternoon after there...
I’m afraid to report there wasn’t much in Supreme Court news this week. For the most part the process of Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination is on cruise control. On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted in favor of Sotomayor’s nomination. The vote was 13-6. All Democrats voted...
Since the hearings of the Senate Judiciary Committee for the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor ended the week before last, there has been very few weighty developments. At this point, it is expected that she will be approved by a vote of the Committee on Tuesday. After that vote, she will eventually face...
After almost a week of committee hearings, the fate of Sonia Sotomayor is all but sealed. On Monday, the hearings got underway with all the opening statements. The nominee as well as all the committee members each had a few minutes to make a few comments. These comments were about what you’d expect...