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    Aug 4, 2010 | Orlando Sentinel

  1. Born in the USA but not a citizen? Some Republicans think so

    Hispanosphere - Orlando Sentinel
    By BEN EVANS Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Leading Republicans are joining a push to reconsider the constitutional amendment that grants automatic citizenship to people born in the United States. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell...
    2. Jul 28, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Sotomayor Clears Senate Judiciary Committee

    Judge Sonia Sotomayor, poised to become the first Latino member of the U.S. Supreme Court, won the support of the Senate Judiciary Committee today in a lopsided vote cast largely along party lines for President Barack Obama's first nominee for the nation's highest court.
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    Judge Sonia Sotomayor, poised to become the first Latino member of the U.S. Supreme Court, won the support of the Senate Judiciary Committee today in a lopsided vote cast largely along party lines for President Barack Obama's first nominee for the nation'...

    Tags: Alabama, Judges, Democratic Party, Utah, Iowa

    3. Aug 6, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Confirmed: Sonia Sotomayor To Become Supreme Court Justice

    Sonia Sotomayor completed an unlikely and historic journey today, one that began with her birth in a Bronx, New York, housing project 55 years ago and culminated in her confirmation as the Supreme Court's 111th justice.
    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    Sonia Sotomayor completed an unlikely and historic journey today, one that began with her birth in a Bronx, New York, housing project 55 years ago and culminated in her confirmation as the Supreme Court's 111th justice. When she is sworn into office,...

    Tags: Ivy League, Los Angeles Times, Lawyers, Judges, Alabama

    4. May 27, 2009 |Blog| Chicago Tribune

  4. Sotomayor: Law vs. empathy

    The Swamp
    by Mark Silva The debate over law and empathy is underway. Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, says it's unlikely that Republicans will attempt to filibuster the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor...

    Tags: Matt Lauer, Upper House, Alabama, NBC (tv network), Government

    5. May 31, 2009 |Blog| Chicago Tribune

  5. GOP on Sotomayor: 'Fair shot,' no rush

    The Swamp
    by Mark Silva Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation for the U.S. Supreme Court is "virtually filibuster-proof,'' one Democratic senator said today, but lawmakers should not be forced into any deadline for her confirmation, a Republican leader said. And...

    Tags: Upper House, Judges, Government, National Government, United States

    6. Jun 3, 2009 |Blog| Chicago Tribune

  6. Gingrich on Sotomayor: Racist 'too strong'

    The Swamp
    by Michael Muskal Newt Gingrich, the former Republican House speaker who has become a leading conservative critic, today backed away from his comments that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor was a racist, but continued to question whether her...

    Tags: Racism, Alabama, Government, National Government, Rush Limbaugh

    7. Jun 2, 2009 |Blog| Chicago Tribune

  7. Sonia Sotomayor's Capitol Hill tour

    The Swamp
    by Mark Silva Judge Sonia Sotomayor, among the top in her classes at Princeton and Yale Law, with nearly two decades on the federal bench and now poised to become the first Hispanic member of the nation's highest court, makes......

    Tags: Upper House, Government, Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic Party, Dianne Feinstein

    8. Jun 6, 2009 |Blog| Chicago Tribune

  8. GOP on Sotomayor: No 'political theater'

    The Swamp
    by Mark Silva The ranking Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee which will conduct the hearings for confirmation of President Barack Obama's first nominee for the Supreme Court, Judge Sonia Sotomayor of New York, saluted the credentials...

    Tags: Upper House, Alabama, Judges, Government, Theater

    9. Jun 15, 2009 |Blog| Chicago Tribune

  9. GOP 'umpire' blows call on Sotomayor

    The Swamp
    One of the more curious - and flawed - lines of attack by Republicans against the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court is to raise doubts about whether she would be a fair "umpire" of legal disputes. Jurist-as-umpire is an attractive...

    Tags: Upper House, American League, Judges, Government, Clubs and Associations

    10. Jun 20, 2009 |Blog| Chicago Tribune

  10. Sotomayor quits all-women's club

    The Swamp
    by Mark Silva Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court, said today that she has resigned from an elite all-women's club after Republicans questioned her participation in it. Sotomayor says she resigned from the...

    Tags: Trials, Bars and Clubs, Judges, Government, Dining and Drinking

    11. Jun 30, 2009 |Blog| Chicago Tribune

  11. Firefighters: Sotomayor's benchmark?

    The Swamp
    by James Oliphant The Supreme Court's reversal Monday of a discrimination ruling involving a group of white Connecticut firefighters has provided critics of high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor with some fresh ammunition. Republican senators and...

    Tags: Trials, Civil Laws, Upper House, Alabama, Judges

    12. Jun 25, 2009 |Blog| Chicago Tribune

  12. Immigration votes lacking: White House

    The Swamp
    by Peter Nicholas and Peter Wallsten White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said today that there is not enough support in Congress now to pass a comprehensive immigration bill providing a path to citizenship for the nation's illegal immigrants,......

    Tags: Xavier Becerra, Demographics, John Conyers, Jr., Government, Democratic Party

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