Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s world these days is a tiny, plain office in the Eisenhower Office Building next door to the West Wing of the White House.
Analysis: Sotomayor quietly prepares for hearings
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The Supreme Court’s Firefighter Ruling: What it Means for Sotomayor
The Supreme Court on Monday overturned Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s ruling in a controversial reverse-discrimination case, prompting a new round of attacks on her by Republicans.
Where Sonia Sotomayor Really Stands on Race
Of the thousands of cases Sonia Sotomayor has heard during nearly 17 years on the federal bench, the one likely to raise the toughest questions during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings, which begin on July 13, involves affirmative action. In 2007 Sotomayor, as a member of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, heard arguments in the case of Ricci v. DeStefano.
Sotomayor backers cite 1994 speech
Supporters of Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor Wednesday circulated a speech she made in 1994 that includes similar remarks to her 2001 "wise Latina" comments, which have drawn fire from conservatives as racially insensitive. In highlighting the earlier speech, Democrats are making the point that her GOP critics never complained before about the sentiment that judges with different backgrounds can reach different conclusions from the bench
GOP lawmakers: Sotomayor filibuster unlikely
Leading Senate Republicans indicated Sunday that a filibuster on Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court is unlikely, though they also promised not to shy away from what they characterized as a troubling judicial record
White House responds as GOP continues Sotomayor attacks
Republicans kept the pressure on the president’s Supreme Court pick Friday, pushing the idea that Judge Sonia Sotomayor is an activist judge who will bring a leftist agenda to the bench. Meanwhile, the White House tried to soften remarks Sotomayor made in 2001 that have rankled conservatives, who say her assertion that her experiences as a Latina woman might make her judgments more sound than those of a white man brands her as a racist. “I’m sure she would have restated it, but if you look at the entire sweep of the essay she wrote, what’s clear is that she was simply saying that her life experiences will give her information about the struggles and hardships that people are going through that will make her a good judge,” President Obama said in an interview with NBC’s Brian Williams.
Hatch: Sotomayor ‘highly likely’ to be confirmed, barring surprises
The longest-serving Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee told CNN Radio on Thursday that, barring any surprises, Sonia Sotomayor is headed for a Supreme Court confirmation. “If there are no otherwise disqualifying matters here, it appears to me she will probably be confirmed,” Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah said
Commentary: Don’t go to war over Sotomayor
Almost everybody cheers for the underdog — maybe not those born to upper-class standing with great advantages, but those of us who weren’t always want the little guy to be victorious.
Prepping Sotomayor for hearings: Get your game face on
Turning a federal judge — even one like Sonia Sotomayor, who has gone through Senate confirmation hearings before — into a Supreme Court nominee ready for prime time takes a lot of preparation, mock hearings and coaching.
Sotomayor’s Diabetes: Will It Be a Handicap?
As President Obama’s first nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Sonia Sotomayor approaches the bench with a number of firsts.