LIVESTREAMING THE SOTOMAYOR HEARINGS

With Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearing starting Monday morning, ABCNews.com will be livestreaming the proceedings from the Senate Judiciary Committee, with a partnership with Facebook aiming to bring more people into the conversation. From the press release going out this...

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July 10, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Supreme Court Puts Chrysler’s Sale to Fiat on Hold

Justice Ginsburg’s ruling today, putting on hold the sale of Chrysler to Italian automaker Fiat, does not mean that the deal is off. While the ruling may put the sale in temporary turmoil, Ginsburg's action is really the safe, prudent...

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June 8, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (1)

White House Contacted Sotomayor Before Souter Announced His Retirement

The Senate Judiciary Committee has released a completed questionnaire submitted by Supreme Court nomine Sonia Sotomayor. There's a lot to sift through, but here's one interesting bit: She reveals the White House contacted her about the "possibility of a future Supreme Court vacancy" four days before Justice David Souter announced he would resign.

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June 4, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (14)

Becoming Nominee Sotomayor

From the moment David Souter announced his retirement, his seat on the Supreme Court was Sonia Sotomayor's to lose. President Obama had been “very interested” in her from the start, said one top adviser, and almost immediately, his political advisers--led...

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May 26, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (21)

Judge Wood Goes to Washington

Just two days after Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s sudden appearance in Washington set off a flurry of speculation about Supreme Court interviews, here’s something that actually could be significant: Federal Appears Court Judge Diane Wood, one of the leading contenders to replace David Souter, is in Washington today.

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May 20, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (16)

Obama: Fortifying Bush's policies on terror

There's a must-read piece in The New Republic this week by Jack Goldsmith, the former head of the Office of Legal Counsel, outlining specific differences in the Bush and Obama approaches to the war on terror. In the article, Goldsmith...

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May 19, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (5)

The Pitfalls of Politics

President Obama, like Bill Clinton before him, has indicated he would like to tap a politician for the Supreme Court—someone like the iconic and influential Chief Justice Earl Warren, the former governor of California. But there are two big problems...

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May 18, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (6)

A Stealth Nominee?

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs revealed a little more than usual today when asked about the process for selecting a Supreme Court nominee. He was asked a relatively innocuous question about whether the White House will be able to...

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May 12, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (8)

Who's on the Way to the Court: Chart the Course

When selecting a Supreme Court nominee, White House officials essentially plot the prospects out on a graph. On the x-axis, you measure how closely the nominee fits with what you want in a justice; on the y-axis, you measure how...

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May 12, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (11)

A Justice Who Has Juggled

I found myself praying for sun today making the kids’ breakfast--a dozen second- grade boys are descending at 3:30 for my son’s birthday party, which by all accounts should be outside in a moonbounce and not, under any circumstances, indoors....

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May 8, 2009 | Permalink | User Comments (20)