Kyl To Oppose Sotomayor

WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Jon Kyl's office says he'll vote against Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor (SOHN'-ya soh-toh-my-YOR'), the latest of his party's conservative leaders to announce he'll oppose President Barack Obama's choice to be the first Hispanic justice.

The Arizonan, the Senate's second-ranking Republican, plans to announce his opposition in a midday speech on the Senate floor. He expressed serious concerns about Sotomayor's writings and rulings during her confirmation hearings last week.

The GOP is deeply divided over Sotomayor, who is expected to win easy confirmation in early August. A handful of Republican moderates have said they'll vote in her favor, and Democrats – who control 60 votes in the Senate – back her solidly.

Comments

[AfricanMan]

11:08 PM on 07/22/2009

I love that America is becoming more and more diverse.. We need to shake things up.... Glad that there are more immigrants coming in.....

[AfricanMan]

11:05 PM on 07/22/2009

WOW.... you can be highly qualified for any position..­.. BUT yet the man always want to SHUT the door....

the door is only open if it is all white... If it is all white, then it is alright.

[LMPE]

08:44 PM on 07/22/2009

Hopefully, Arizona's Hispanic population will be enough in 2012 to boot Jon Kyl out. Maybe next year it'll be enough to get rid of Johnny Mac!

[Winski]

07:44 PM on 07/22/2009

This man is a fool.

[IanC]

05:44 PM on 07/22/2009

How many more datapoints do I need to justify leaving Arizona?!

-guns in bars
-John McCain
-Jon Kyl
-MLK Day
-gay marriage ban
-the entire west end of Phoenix
-the Coyotes in an arena that's light years from downtown
-Joe Arpaio
-ASU
-Mesa's magic underpants

[dididangerlove]

06:13 PM on 07/22/2009

I'm from Tucson and I would like to add the following to your list:

-state legislatur­e
-minutemen

[smartenoughforthisforum]

07:15 PM on 07/22/2009

Yo, tambien. But.....mo­nsoons, lightning, 70 degrees in January and February. Tradeoffs.

[madisonhack]

04:55 PM on 07/22/2009

All you had to do was to watch Day One introducti­ons to know which way Kyl was voting. No news here.

[JustMusing]

03:31 PM on 07/22/2009

Kyle is a #2 * alright.

[imfedup]

03:15 PM on 07/22/2009

It's a good thing there are no Hispanics in Arizona.

[tiare75]

01:56 PM on 07/22/2009

Hopefully AZ voters will not re-elect Kyl. I know that he never had my vote to begin with and I will gladly help campaign for whoever runs against him!

[JoyinAZ]

01:54 PM on 07/22/2009

I can't wait for he and mccain to ride off into the sunset.

[donaldinks]

01:44 PM on 07/22/2009

"Kyl..you are one sick little monkey...M­mmkay?
...Kyl...y­ou need help...Mmm­kay?"

[VietVet67]

01:42 PM on 07/22/2009

I think that if Obama would've nominated Jesus Christ, the repubs would've found something wrong, just because Obama nominated Him.

[smartenoughforthisforum]

07:15 PM on 07/22/2009

No question about it. They would've.

[nana4g]

01:38 PM on 07/22/2009

I am not surprised. This is one of the ugliest men in the Senate and on the committee. He is like the Arizona version of Cornyn from Texas whom I cannot stand and will vote OUT as soon as possible.

[white mende man]

01:38 PM on 07/22/2009

so, who cares? in the scheme of things Republican Sen. Jon Kyl is a z/e/r/o/.

[knighthawk]

01:36 PM on 07/22/2009

Senator Kyl is just using the Senator Obama standard.
If it was good enough for Senator Obama to vote against Roberts and Alito, it certainly good enough to vote against Sotomayor.

Anyone have a problem with that?

[imfedup]

03:16 PM on 07/22/2009

Tit for tat. Very grown up.

[knighthawk]

05:54 PM on 07/22/2009

So Senator Obama wasn't grown up?

[madisonhack]

04:58 PM on 07/22/2009

Kyl can do what he wants...sh­e is still being confirmed. And....no "empathy" for you.