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TOP LINE: Sotomayor’s Success Will Take Time to Measure

This weekend Justice Sonia Sotomayor was sworn into the nation’s highest court as the third woman and first Latina in history to hold the position of Supreme Court Justice. Rachel Brand, former Justice Department official and counsel to the George W. Bush administration stopped by ABC’s Top Line today saying Sotoymayor’s success will take time to measure.

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August 10, 2009 in Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Top Line | Permalink | User Comments (6)

Franken Presides over Sotomayor Vote

Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., was presiding over the Senate chamber this afternoon when the Senate voted 68-31 to confirm Judge Sonia Sotamayor as the nation’s first Latino Supreme Court justice.

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August 6, 2009 in Congress, Senate, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court | Permalink | User Comments (30)

Retiring GOP Senators Free to Vote for Sotomayor

Republican Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio said this afternoon that he’ll support Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court. He’s retiring at the end of the year so he really doesn’t care about an NRA rating. And maybe that has something to do with it.

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August 6, 2009 in GOP, Sonia Sotomayor | Permalink | User Comments (2)

The Note: Summer Heat -- Shouting It Out Over Health Care

If the first 100 days was about the arrival of hope, the second 100 days has been about how to shout it out of the building. We’re now at the point where rudeness rules the debate -- where both sides are shouting, and not a lot of listening is going on. National discussion, meet national mayhem. Yes, it’s August, but health care reform is going to require a lower temperature.

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August 6, 2009 in Bill Clinton, Health Care, North Korea, President Obama, Sonia Sotomayor, The Note | Permalink | User Comments (158)

Cornyn Sees No Hispanic Backlash on Sotomayor Vote

The Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, charged with increasing the GOP ranks in the Senate in 2010, says he is not worried about a possible Hispanic backlash at the ballot box for the overwhelming Republican opposition to Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court.

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August 5, 2009 in Sonia Sotomayor | Permalink | User Comments (15)

Dems to Suspend Soto Debate for Another Special Health Care Meeting

Senate Democrats will shutter the ongoing Supreme Court nomination debate for two hours this afternoon to convene a special caucus meeting on health care reform. It’s the second special meeting on the subject in two days.

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August 5, 2009 in Health Care, Sonia Sotomayor | Permalink | User Comments (8)

Young GOPers Gaga Over Gingrich

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich weighed in today on the upcoming Senate confirmation vote for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor and made predictions for health care reform legislation this fall.

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August 4, 2009 in Congress, GOP, Health Care, Republican Party, Sonia Sotomayor, The Note | Permalink | User Comments (22)

Ensign Votes to Protect 'Sanctity'

Senator John Ensign (R-NV) says he will vote against the Sonia Sotomayor nomination.

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August 4, 2009 in Congress, Democratic party, John McCain, President Obama, Sen. John Ensign, Senate, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, The Note | Permalink | User Comments (2)

The Note: Intramurals -- Health Care Progress Pits Dems vs. Dems

President Obama can (and will) blame Republicans, but the health care debate is being defined by Democrats’ fights with their fellow Democrats -- and the only bipartisan action left in Congress is on track to only make those splits worse, ABC News senior political reporter Rick Klein writes Tuesday in The Note. And with Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination set to be approved by a divided Judiciary Committee, is a new era of confirmations upon us?

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July 28, 2009 in Health Care, Sonia Sotomayor, The Note | Permalink | User Comments (56)

‘Roe’ of Roe v. Wade Arrested at Sotomayor Hearings

ABC News’ Rick Klein and Jan Crawford Greenburg report: Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff in the famous Roe v. Wade abortion case who is now an anti-abortion activist, was one of four protesters arrested for disrupting today’s opening day of Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings, according to the US Capitol Police.

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July 13, 2009 in Sonia Sotomayor | Permalink | User Comments (28)