sonia sotomayor
All about the cirucs that is the Sonia Sotomayor hearings. Also: Heather Busby talks about running an abortion fund.
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By a vote of 68 to 31, the Senate has confirmed Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor has just been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee, on a vote of 13 to 6. Only one Republican on the Committee voted in favor of her nomination, Senator Lindsay Graham of South Carolina. Watch video of the roll call vote.
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Senator Lindsay Graham announced today on the Senate floor his intention to support the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to sit as a justice on the Supreme Court.
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Surrounded by senators dripping with condescension, Judge Sotomayor responded with respect, nuance and a solid grounding in the law - to the point where the hearings sometimes felt like a high school civics class.
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During a hearing that ranged from questions on judicial temperament and private property to the role of precedent in court decisions and Sotomayor's decision on the use of nunchucks, the most direct, probing, and potentially telling questions came from Senator Lindsay Graham (R-South Carolina). Among them Graham asked: "Is abortion a public health issue?"
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By Amy Dempsey, RH Reality Check July 14, 2009 - 11:00am
Arizona Governor Restricts Abortions; At Sotomayor Hearing, Feinstein Explains Casey Case; U.S. Hispanics on Abortion, Shift Between Generations
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Norma McCorvey, the "Roe" in Roe v. Wade, was arrested at the confirmation hearing of Sonia Sotomayor among a wave of anti-abortion protesters who lined the sidewalks outside the Senate office buildings.
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Sotomayor's Confirmation Hearings Begin Today; FDA One Step Approved by FDA; Spanish Abortion Reform Causes Controversy
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The justices who evaluated Ricci are not "raceless," yet no one suggests their whiteness influences their views on racial inequality. Sotomayor, though, is branded a "racist" because she voted to uphold a lower court decision based on well-established legal theory.
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