Sotomayor's Confirmation Starts Monday


	Sotomayor's Confirmation Starts Monday

iulawboy

7-7-2009 4:55 PM

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sotomayor;supreme court;politics

iulawboy says:

Also a bit of info on the other Judges who heard the White Firefighter case with Sotomayor

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/82920ec9-03d1-433c-9e81-fbbe554fef0a/A7FFA7C9-C2D3-41CF-839D-2D65700EE2C2/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1154ap_us_sotomayor_supreme_court.html?source=mypi" href="http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1154ap_us_sotomayor_supreme_court.html?source=mypi" style="font-size: 11px;">www.seattlepi.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1154ap_us_sotomayor_supreme_court.html?source=mypi">The Senate Judiciary Committee is to open hearings Monday on Sotomayor's nomination to replace Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1154ap_us_sotomayor_supreme_court.html?source=mypi">Conservatives stepped up their criticism of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1154ap_us_sotomayor_supreme_court.html?source=mypi">the National Rifle Association raised what it called "very serious concerns" about Sotomayor based on her stance on weapons rights, yet it stopped short of opposing her, citing its "respect for the confirmation process."</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.opednews.com/articles/Sotormayor-and-the-White-R-by-Bruce-Allen-Morris-090606-717.html" href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/Sotormayor-and-the-White-R-by-Bruce-Allen-Morris-090606-717.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.opednews.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.opednews.com/articles/Sotormayor-and-the-White-R-by-Bruce-Allen-Morris-090606-717.html"><SPAN><FONT face="Verdana" size="2">Sotomayor's fellow justices on the </FONT></SPAN><FONT face="Verdana" size="2"><EM>Ricci</EM><SPAN> panel were Justices Robert Sack and Rosemary Pooler.  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