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Sotomayor Poised to Become First Hispanic Justice
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, Judge, Sotomayor, politics, Votes, democrats, republicans )

Dee
- 115 days ago - news.yahoo.com
WASHINGTON - The Senate pressed toward a history-making vote to confirm Sonia Sotomayor as the Supreme Court's first Hispanic justice Thursday, elevating the daughter of Puerto Rican parents after a summer-long debate filled with ethnic politics.
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Dee C. (511)
Thursday August 6, 2009, 12:17 pm
Congratulations to Sonia Sotomayor..

"The Democrats' heavy majority ensured confirmation of President Barack Obama's first nominee, though many Republican senators were voting against her. GOP senators typically praised her personal story but said they were concerned that she would be too liberal and would rely on personal sympathies rather than legal precedents in her votes on the nation's highest court.'

Read more at site..
 

BigCatRescue A. (184)
Thursday August 6, 2009, 12:21 pm
thanks Dee
 

John R. (56)
Thursday August 6, 2009, 12:55 pm
Apparently it has just been confirmed.
 

Mamabear Claw (162)
Thursday August 6, 2009, 1:10 pm
Congratulations :)
 

Dee C. (511)
Thursday August 6, 2009, 5:03 pm
I am very happy for her..I think she will do a justice well..
 

Mandi T. (262)
Thursday August 6, 2009, 9:58 pm
Congratulations!
Tx Dee
 
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