Sotomayor confirmed: The Party of "NO!" is predictable
The United States Senate
voted to confirm Justice Sonia Sotomayor to the United State Supreme Court.
Senator John McCain joined 30 other Republican Senators to vote against the first Hispanic Justice.
NAYs ---31
Barrasso (R-WY)
Bennett (R-UT)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Kyl (R-AZ)
McCain (R-AZ)*
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Wicker (R-MS)
* Supposedly, this is the first time John McCain has voted against a Supreme Court nominee... for any President.
Labels: John McCain, Republicans, SCOTUS, Sotomayor, U.S. Senate
Sotomayor gets the nod
As expected, President Obama announced Judge Sonia Sotomayor as his nominee for The Supreme Court vacancy left by the retirement of Justice David Souter.
Judge Sotomayor has an
extensive record for Republicans to scour in their
"Politics of NO" strategy to block anything done by this President. But, it will be more difficult as Judge Sotomayor was first appointed to the bench by Republican President George H. W. Bush. They will also be loathe to alienate their Hispanic base any more than they have already.
Sonia Sotomayor will be confirmed with only lame objections.
Labels: George H. W. Bush, Obama, Republicans, SCOTUS, Sotomayor
Obama Watch
As
previously noted in The Whirlpool, Judge Sonia Sotomayor is still on a conviently leaked
short list of those under consideration for the upcoming SCOTUS seat.
The leaked list includes 5 women and one Hispanic male. They include Solicitor General Elena Kagan, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and U.S. Appeals Court judges Sonia Sotomayor and Diane Pamela Wood, as well as California Supreme Court Justice Carlos Moreno.
We'll keep watching the President in this most critical of dances he'll do early in his Presidency.
Labels: Granholm, Napolitano, Obama, SCOTUS, Sotomayor
Judge Sonia Sotomayor - the next member of SCOTUS?
It appears a wager placed on Judge Sonia Sotomayor as President Obama's pick to fill Justice Souter's upcoming vacancy would be well placed.
Being able to check off the "female" and "minority" box at the same time is a good thing. But, all accounts point towards a very good Judge as well. She has the distinction of being nominated by both George H.W. Bush, a Republican; and William Jefferson Clinton, a Democrat.
On the litmus test that no one is allowed to talk about or ask, she is Pro Choice. We'll keep watching.
Labels: Obama, SCOTUS, Sotomayor
