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Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings to Begin July 13
Written on 9 Jun, 2009 at 12:20 in White House News | viewed 563 times | 0 Comments
Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama’s nominee to fill the seat of retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter, spent three consecutive days having one-on-one meetings with key Democratic and Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee that must confirm her nomination... (Continue reading)
Obama Names Sotomayor to Supreme Court
Written on 26 May, 2009 at 9:36 in White House News | viewed 471 times | 1 Comment
President Barack Obama named federal appeals court Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, according to officials, making her the first Hispanic in history on the high court. If confirmed by the Senate, Sotomayor, 54, would succeed retiring... (Continue reading)
Activist Visits High Court During Voting Rights Case
Written on 29 Apr, 2009 at 16:19 in Politics News | viewed 195 times | 2 Comments
Civil rights activist Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), visited the U.S. Supreme Court today as Justices prepared to hear arguments challenging provisions from the Voting Rights Act.... (Continue reading)
SCOTUS Rejects Challenge to Obama Citizenship
Written on 9 Dec, 2008 at 11:06 in Politics Blogs | viewed 251 times | 1 Comment
The Supreme Court rejected an emergency appeal from a New Jersey man who claims President-elect Barack Obama is ineligible to be president because he was a British subject at birth. The court without comment declined to hear Donofrio v. Wells,... (Continue reading)
