The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday voted to approve Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice over nearly solid Republican opposition, paving the way for a historic confirmation vote.
Only one Republican voted in favor of Sotomayor (Linsey Graham). What bunch of morons.
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Supreme Court justice David Souter announced his retirement this past week, meaning that Obama's first justice nomination will come sooner than expected.
The part of the hearings that directly question Sotomayor is over.
Hey, I would have voted against her, but at least it would have been for something other than making life hard for the President.
I would have voted against her for her (horrible) record on civil liberties -- she's already well on her way to being the most authoritarian Justice on the Court, which given recent appointments is going to be a hard-fought race.
On the other hand, she looks to be a brilliant detail jurist -- the perfect person for a Federal District Court. Pity she couldn't have stayed there and a greater pity that the President didn't exercise a bit less caution in appointing someone with a real vision to the USSC.