Sotomayor Hearing

Alberto Gonzales: Sotomayor Should Explain Herself To GOP

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — The country's first Hispanic attorney general said Tuesday that the woman who would be its first Hispanic Supreme Court justice sti...

Sam Stein

Sessions Becomes The Subject Of Sotomayor Hearings

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

The confirmation hearings for Sonia Sotomayor have become, in a small but significant way, a referendum on the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary ...

Sam Stein

Sessions Suggests Sotomayor Should Have Been Influenced By Her Ancestry (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

A sort of weird moment transpired towards the end of Sen. Jeff Sessions questioning of Judge Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday. Arguing that the Supreme Cour...

Sessions Greets Sotomayor With "Wise Latina" Comment

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — The top-ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee has greeted Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor with skepticism. Se...

Sotomayor Statement: Full Text From Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Sonia Sotomayor spoke at her confirmation hearing for the first time on Monday afternoon, sketching out her judicial philosophy. "My personal and pro...

Sotomayor Hearing Schedule: What Time Are Supreme Court Hearings?

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

The Senate Judiciary Committee has released a schedule for the confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor, which start Monday morning. The full w...

Franken At Sotomayor Hearing Interrupted By Protester, In English And Spanish

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — The newest member of the Senate, former comedian Al Franken, was as serious as his colleagues in his opening statement at the Senat...

Obama Calls Sotomayor To Wish Her Luck

Roll Call | Keith Koffler | Posted 05.25.2011

The White House on Sunday sought to get a leg up on this week's confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor, releasing a sta...

Lindsey Graham: Sotomayor Could Get My Vote

Miami Herald | By MICHAEL DOYLE and DAVID LIGHTMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

The nation's lawyers and law enforcement leaders gave Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor ringing endorsements Tuesday, even as Republicans tried to...

Franken On Sotomayor Hearings: I Want To Be "People's Proxy"

AP | HENRY C. JACKSON | Posted 05.25.2011

(AP) WASHINGTON — Al Franken became a senator on Tuesday, completing the transformation from comedian to politician. The Minnesota Democrat's s...

Sotomayor Confirmation Hearing Begins Monday July 13: Senate Judiciary Committee

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) announced Monday that the confirmation hearing for the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor t...