Sonia Sotomayor

...so far, all five brought up for votes in the Senate have won relatively quick confirmations, including new Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. So what is this "dark mark" that Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.,...

In this article: Jeff Sessions, Harry Reid, Lee Hamilton, George W. Bush, Andre Davis, John Roberts, and Miguel Estrada

...Tuesday's election results. Still, for now at least, stimulus and TARP look like a win. 4. Nominating Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court in Sotomayor, Obama picked an eminently qualified jurist and disciplined nominee who thrilled the...

In this article: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Jon Huntsman, Democratic Party, Republican Party, and Bill Clinton

...of McGhee and Harrington could proceed. When Katyal worried that prosecutors would "flinch" from their duties, Justice Sonia Sotomayor suggested a prosecutor should indeed flinch "when he suspects evidence is perjured or fabricated."

In this article: Defendant, Neal Katyal, Supreme Court, Iowa, and Anthony Kennedy

...polite way of telling us we wasted our time" in that decision, said Kennedy, that we were "just spinning our wheels?" Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who spent five years as a Manhattan prosecutor, also seemed unsympathetic. Why can't you separate...

In this article: Supreme Court, Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy, and Defendant

...bench since taking office. So far, he has won confirmation for only three of the nominees -- including Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. The others have been caught in anonymous holds and filibuster threats from Senate Republicans...

In this article: Barack Obama, James Wynn, and North Carolina

...performs above average. "What's a fair fee in that situation?" Roberts asked. But several others on the court, including Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen G. Breyer, questioned whether the free market could be counted on to police the...

In this article: U.S. Supreme Court, John G. Roberts Jr., Stephen G. Breyer, Antonin Scalia, and Frank Easterbrook

...in any case, mutual fund fees have come down steadily over the years. Three justices -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor -- seemed to support the idea that mutual fund boards should use institutional fees as a...

In this article: Plaintiff, Defendant, Los Angeles Times, U.S. Supreme Court, Stephen G. Breyer, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Updated 10:53 AM EDT, Mon, Oct 19, 2009 Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's nomination process was so controlled that the White House even approved her clothes, she told Yalies when she appeared at her 30th Yale Law School reunion on...

In this article: Yale Law School, White House, Reunion dinner, and U.S. Supreme Court

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says her nomination process was so tightly scripted that even her clothes were chosen for her. Sotomayor made the comments when she appeared at her 30th Yale Law School reunion on...

In this article: Reunion dinner, Yale Law School, New Haven Register, and Connecticut