1.0 link 207917 <![CDATA[Sotomayor, Sessions Sparred In 1997]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/27/sotomayor-sessions-sparre_n_207917.html When Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor ultimately sits down before the Senate Judiciary Committee, it will be the third time Congress considers her nomination and the second time she goes face to face with Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.).

Back in 1997, when she was being considered for a post on the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, Sotomayor faced a wide variety of questions on topics ranging from mandatory minimum sentencing, rights for homosexual inmates, the historical...

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