Monday at 10 a.m., the Senate Judiciary Committee starts its hearing on the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the position of Associate Justice o...
Emma Coleman Jordan | Posted 08.10.2009 | Media
We have all read and heard the repetitive discussion of the "wise Latina" quote. But what many have not paid attention to is the unfair name-calling, and cultural and racial attacks that Judge Sotomayor's candidacy.
Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics
Republicans have announced that they plan to call on Frank Ricci, the white firefighter whose reverse discrimination claim was rejected by Supreme Cou...
AP | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — High court nominee Sonia Sotomayor typically handed out tougher prison sentences than her colleagues in the federal courthouse in M...
Ian Millhiser | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics
Given Sessions' history of baseless assaults on civil rights, one has to wonder whether conservatives chose him as their leading voice on Sotomayor because they fundamentally agree with his lifelong stance on race.
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics
In a long interview to be published in this week's New York Times Magazine, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg defended Judge Sonia Sotomayor m...
Jennifer Donahue | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics
We live in the era of the seamless 24/7 campaign. You snooze, you lose. Could just be the change that allows a new slate of candidates, including women, to emerge in both parties.
AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor earned a "well-qualified" rating from the American Bar Association on Tuesday as she prepared...
The Huffington Post | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) announced Monday that the confirmation hearing for the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor t...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics
Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination for the Supreme Court has hit a small snag as high-ranking Republicans in the Senate are demanding that more inform...
Washington Post | Robert Barnes | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics
For the Supreme Court, it was the year of living on the verge. On the verge of declaring the key provision of the Voting Rights Act unconstitutiona...
The National Journal | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics
Monday night, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., made a rallying cry for conservatives in opposition to Sonia Sotomayor: "We need you involved in this process,"...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics
The Supreme Court's ruling that a group of white firefighters were unfairly denied promotions based on their race was the worst of three possible outc...
ABC News | Posted 07.29.2009 | Politics
Sonia Sotomayor enjoys broad public support for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, with large majorities of Americans rejecting the notion that her sex...
Peter M. Shane | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics
America's legal progressives are wondering how to re-engage the American public more generally in a serious discussion about the role of federal judge...
AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Tuesday unveiled a new narrative ahead of Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings, questioning her commitment...
Politico | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics
Nearly a month after President Barack Obama picked her for the Supreme Court, Republican senators say Sonia Sotomayor isn't serving as the political l...
Mother Jones | David Corn | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics
Kenneth Starr, the lawyer who chased after President Bill Clinton and his wife, said on Thursday that he supports President Barack Obama's first Supre...
Think Progress | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics
In a surprisingly candid statement, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) admitted that his vote to oppose Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor was a "foregone co...
New York Times | CHARLIE SAVAGE | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics
Judge Sonia Sotomayor expressed skepticism in March 2003 about the expanded government surveillance powers in the USA Patriot Act, citing what she ref...
The New York Times | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics
Judge Sonia Sotomayor on Monday defended her membership in an all-female networking club, telling senators preparing for her Supreme Court confirmatio...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics
Sonia Sotomayor, facing a dispute between employees and General Motors over the company's management of its workers' 401(k) plans, sided firmly with m...
AP | Posted 07.15.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says it's too early to talk about supporting or opposing Sonia Sotomayor. But he says...
CNN | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics
Former President George H.W. Bush stood up for his former judicial nominee Sonia Sotomayor Friday, telling CNN Anchor Robin Meade that GOP critics who...
Washington Post | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics
When conservative leaders wanted to criticize the White House over Sonia Sotomayor's record on crime, they turned to a little-known Alexandria public ...
Sunlight Foundation. | Sunlight Foundation | Posted 08.12.2009 | Home