Obama Emboldened For Another Supreme Court Pick
WASHINGTON — Emboldened by success the first time around, President Barack Obama is likely to pick the Supreme Court nominee he wants and let th...
WASHINGTON — Emboldened by success the first time around, President Barack Obama is likely to pick the Supreme Court nominee he wants and let th...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has saluted retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens as an "impartial guardian" of the law, and says...
The New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011
Judge Sonia Sotomayor's judicial opinions are marked by diligence, depth and unflashy competence. If they are not always a pleasure to read, they are ...
AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — Reaching for history, President Barack Obama on Tuesday chose federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justic...
MSNBC | Posted 05.25.2011
Sources familiar with the process say President Obama called Sonia Sotomayor last night at 9:00 pm, and called the other potential picks after that. ...
Sen. Patrick Leahy | Posted 05.25.2011
Having a Supreme Court that better reflects the diversity of America helps ensure that we keep faith with the words over the entrance of the Supreme Court: "Equal justice under law."
The New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011
The following is the text of the Judge Mario G. Olmos Memorial Lecture in 2001, delivered at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, by...
The New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011
Federal judges are rarely famous or widely celebrated. Yet during a brief period in 1995, Judge Sonia Sotomayor became revered, at least in those citi...
The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 05.25.2011
John Yoo, who wrote memos authorizing torture for President Bush, has penned a reaction to Sonia Sotomayor's supreme court nomination. The lawyer, who...
Media Matters | Posted 05.25.2011
Even before President Obama has officially announced his selection of Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court, CNN is giving a boost to the smear campai...
Marty Kaplan | Posted 05.25.2011
Seconds after the networks say that it's Sotomayor, her Wikipedia entry is updated. The newspapers in my driveway can't do that; that's why on-paper distribution is dying.
Mother Jones | Posted 05.25.2011
With President Barack Obama's nomination of federal appeals court Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, conservatives could have a blistering fi...
Salon | Posted 05.25.2011
Reports indicate that President Obama has selected Second Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace David Souter on the Supreme Court....
The New Republic | Posted 05.25.2011
Of course, Judge Sotomayor should be confirmed to the Supreme Court. She obviously wasn't my first choice, for reasons I reported three weeks ago, hav...
The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011
Whoops. The Republican National Committee (RNC) has apparently inadvertently released its list of talking points on the nomination of Judge Sonia Soto...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he doesn't feel "weighed down" by a need to pick the next Supreme Court justice based on demographics, argu...
CNN Political Ticker | Ed Henry | Posted 05.25.2011
A top aide to Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy told fellow Democrats on Friday to get ready for President Obama's Supreme Court pick to come as...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011
With President Obama's Supreme Court choice expected within weeks, the vetting process for prospective candidates has grown more intense. Judicial rul...
Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 05.25.2011
When John G. Roberts Jr. was nominated to the Supreme Court as chief justice, a pro-Republican group called Progress for America had $18 million in th...
AP | SHARON THEIMER | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — Several prospects to replace Supreme Court Justice David Souter have major stock holdings that could pose conflict-of-interest prob...
Posted 05.25.2011
In the wake of reports of Supreme Court Justice David Souter's planned resignation, all eyes turn to President Obama. According to NPR's Nina Totenbe...
AP | BEN FELLER and CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 05.25.2011