Tag: Sonia Sotomayor

Just days after opening a second front on the war on women, the Supreme Court of the United States back tracks on one of the alternatives they delineated in their Hobby Lobby decision. No really! Birth Control Order Deepens Divide Among Justices WASHINGTON — In a decision that drew an…

Congratulations to Sonia Sotomayor, our nation’s newest Supreme Court Justice.

Perhaps the funniest moment from the Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings, courtesy of Minnesota Senator Al Franken:

Roughly six minutes and forty-five seconds into his opening statement during the Supreme Court confirmation hearing of Sonia Sotomayor, Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) referenced President Obama’s desire for a Supreme Court nominee with empathy, as if a Supreme Court justice shouldn’t have empathy. What’s interesting about Sen. Coburn’s remarks regarding…

Here’s Senator Russ Feingold’s statement on the Nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. EDIT: I’ve edited this to include video of Sen. Feingold’s remarks, rather than a written transcript.

Courtesy of the U.S. Senate Democrats, here’s live coverage of the Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings:

Ahhh, we all get dizzy from the spinning. Headline for an article in the weekly edition of Washington Times: “Supreme Court overturned 60 percent of Sotomayor’s ruling” but the Washington Times On Line edition says:” Sotomayor reversed 60% by high court“ If all you read is the headlines you would…

As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Senator Russ Feingold will be one of the senators questioning Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor during her confirmation hearings, which will take place later this summer. Sen. Feingold’s decision on whether or not to support the Sotomayor nomination will be based…

Just a few random thoughts after a long, hectic day: The Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee voted 16-0 last week to request Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen open a fraud probe to investigate whether administrative fraud has occurred in Milwaukee County’s operation of several social safety net programs. Not surprisingly, Walker…

By now I’m sure you’ve heard President Barack Obama has named federal Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the United States Supreme Court. Already some conservatives are attacking Sotomayor for being unqualified to serve on the Supreme Court, with Kevin Binversie of Lakeshore Laments…