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...since Obama took office. Obama's high profile nomination of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was successful, but only six of the president's nominees have been approved so far for the federal bench. Former President George W....

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...woman for Supreme Court President Obama will nominate Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit as his first appointment to the court, officials said Tuesday. She would be the first Hispanic...

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...Franklin (Letters, Monday) reads it and thinks, "This is a racial comment. " The minority that rejected Sonia Sotomayor and Barack Obama hasn't called it quits. Hispanics, blacks and other ethnic groups want to realize the "American dream.

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" Toomey surprised many conservatives when he announced in early August that he was supporting Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court, Toomey's campaign also issued a press release in late September...

In this article: Pat Toomey, Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum, John Peterson, Arne Duncan, and GOP

...manner; also: the capacity for this. President Barack Obama was criticized by Republicans after saying that U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor would bring a "quality of empathy" to the bench. - Furlough (noun): A leave of absence...

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...female candidates who support abortion rights. When Obama nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, the White House tacitly signaled its confidence in her support for the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion, with Press...

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...Sotomayor, a former member of the Second Circuit appeals court, participated in the oral argument of the case last December, but was later elevated to the United States Supreme Court by President Obama and did not participate in the decision.

In this article: Dennis G. Jacobs, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, New York, United States Supreme Court, Guido Calabresi, Al Qaeda, and Sonia Sotomayor

...``but I understand why President Obama did choose her, and I'm happy to vote for her.'' Obama nominates Sonia Sotomayor to Supreme Court WASHINGTON a President Barack Obama introduced his nominee to the Supreme Court on Tuesday,...

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