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		<title>Sotomayor confronts GOP skeptics, says she&#8217;ll pursue &#8216;impartial justice&#8217; if confirmed to court</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic Supreme Court nominee in history, vowed loyalty to &#8220;the impartiality of our justice system&#8221; Monday, confronting Republican skeptics at Senate hearings suffused with racial politics but all but certain to lead to her confirmation.

&#8220;My personal and professional experiences help me to listen and understand, with the law always [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: Republican Party uses Sotomayor hearings to define itself but treads carefully</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Hirschfeld Davis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans came to praise Sonia Sotomayor, but not necessarily to vote for her.

That was the straddle that numerous GOP members of the Senate Judiciary Committee attempted at the opening of hearings Monday on the woman who would be the first Latina to sit on the Supreme Court. Seizing on their best chance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Puerto Ricans follow Sotomayor hearings; &#8216;Nuyorican&#8217;s&#8217; nomination a source of pride</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Ricans tuned in to Sonia Sotomayor&#8217;s Senate confirmation hearings on Monday to cheer on the judge with local roots whose nomination to the Supreme Court has boosted pride across the island.

In the western coastal city of Mayaguez, one of Sotomayor&#8217;s cousins, bakery owner Jose Baez, said he was recording [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liberals, conservatives battle over firefighter Ricci and his case at Sotomayor hearing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse J. Holland</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Firefighter Frank Ricci, scheduled to testify about Sonia Sotomayor&#8217;s ruling against his reverse discrimination lawsuit, was targeted for criticism Monday by powerful liberal groups who support her confirmation to the Supreme Court.

Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans decided last week to make Ricci, a white New Haven, Conn., firefighter, one of their showcase witnesses on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Text of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor&#8217;s opening statement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Text of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor&#8217;s opening statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, as delivered.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I also want to thank Sens. Schumer and Gillibrand for their kind introductions.
In recent weeks, I have had the privilege and pleasure of meeting 89 senators, including all the members of this committee. Each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sotomayor says &#8216;impartial justice&#8217; will trump any narrow cause if she&#8217;s confirmed as justice</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Her confirmation all but assured, Sonia Sotomayor pledged Monday to serve the &#8220;larger interest of impartial justice&#8221; rather than any narrow cause if she becomes the first Hispanic on the Supreme Court.

&#8220;My personal and professional experiences help me listen and understand, with the law always commanding the result in every case,&#8221; Sotomayor told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officials: Panetta canceled CIA effort to find, kill al-Qaida leaders up close</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Hess</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A secret intelligence program canceled by CIA Director Leon Panetta in June was meant to find and then capture or kill al-Qaida leaders at close range rather than target them with air strikes that risked civilian casualties, government officials with knowledge of the operation said Monday.

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Graham tells Sotomayor she&#8217;ll be confirmed barring a &#8216;complete meltdown&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A Senate Judiciary Committee Republican has told Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor she&#8217;ll be confirmed &#8220;unless you have a complete meltdown.&#8221;

Sen. Lindsey Graham said Monday he didn&#8217;t think that would happen. He also said he wasn&#8217;t ready to announce how he will vote on the native of South Bronx.
The South Carolina Republican said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOP Senator Graham predicts Sotomayor Supreme Court confirmation &#8216;barring meltdown&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats praised Sonia Sotomayor as a Hispanic pioneer well qualified for the Supreme Court on Monday, but Republicans questioned her impartiality and President Barack Obama&#8217;s views as well at the start of confirmation hearings.

Despite Republican misgivings, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told Sotomayor, &#8220;Unless you have a complete meltdown, you&#8217;re going to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some comments from the Sotomayor confirmation hearing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some excerpts from comments during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.

&#8220;I would trust that all members of this committee here today will reject the efforts of partisans and outside pressure groups that sought to create a caricature of Judge Sotomayor while belittling her record and achievements, her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Sonia Sotomayor, preparing for confirmation hearings is an endurance test in itself</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse J. Holland</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has endured weeks of insults, obnoxious questions and unwelcome drilling into her work as a judge and a lawyer — and it was all on purpose, essentially a dress rehearsal for her confirmation hearings.

In a series of faux hearings, Sotomayor has been barraged by hostile questions thrown her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NRA raises &#8216;very serious concerns&#8217; on Sotomayor but stops short of opposing her</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Hirschfeld Davis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The National Rifle Association says it has very serious concerns about Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor based on her rulings on weapons rights.

But NRA Executive Director Chris W. Cox tells senators in a letter that his group is not yet ready to officially oppose Sotomayor.
Cox says Sotomayor&#8217;s ruling as an appeals court judge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civil rights group Sotomayor advised sued in case similar to firefighters&#8217; job test dispute</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Hirschfeld Davis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A civil rights group on whose board Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor served filed racial bias lawsuits over employment examinations that resemble a Connecticut case in which she ruled against white firefighters, documents released by the Senate show.

The Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund represented Hispanic sanitation workers in New York City [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate GOP asks whether Sotomayor would uphold Constitution on bearing arms, equal protection</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Kellman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are questioning whether Judge Sonia Sotomayor could be counted upon to uphold the Constitution on the Supreme Court.

In multiple floor speeches Tuesday and later in a closed lunch of GOP senators, Republicans said they want to hear more about whether she would uphold constitutional amendments guaranteeing equal protection under the law [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leading GOP senator brand Attorney General Holder as too soft in fighting terrorists</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee says Attorney General Eric Holder is too soft on terrorism.

At an oversight hearing Wednesday on the Justice Department, Sen. Jeff Sessions criticized Holder for the release of Bush administration memos that authorized harsh interrogation techniques. The Alabama senator said the memos gave important information to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sotomayor often spoke about influence of her gender and Latina heritage on her judicial work</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Hirschfeld Davis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Sonia Sotomayor told the Senate on Thursday that the White House never questioned her about cases or issues she might have to decide as a Supreme Court justice, a disclosure gleaned from reams of documents that reveal she has spoken repeatedly about how her gender and Latina heritage affect her judging.

The federal appeals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New NFL union head, Ravens&#8217; player meet with lawmakers to build support for preventing lockout</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-nfl-union-head-ravens-player-meet-with-lawmakers-to-build-support-for-preventing-lockout-72431/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic J. Frommer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The new head of the NFL players union and Baltimore Ravens cornerback Domonique Foxworth met with key players on another field Thursday — Congress — to build support on Capitol Hill for preventing an owners&#8217; lockout.

DeMaurice Smith, the executive director of the NFL Players Association, held a series of Capitol Hill meetings only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House gives Senate panel documents on Sotomayor&#8217;s speeches, writings, nomination</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/white-house-gives-senate-panel-documents-on-sotomayors-speeches-writings-nomination-72277/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/white-house-gives-senate-panel-documents-on-sotomayors-speeches-writings-nomination-72277/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Hirschfeld Davis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The White House delivered a huge portfolio of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor&#8217;s writings, speeches and rulings to Capitol Hill Wednesday, with details about the federal judge that will shape the debate over seating her on the court.

The massive parcel of documents came in response to a questionnaire the Senate Judiciary Committee sends [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Souter retirement plans to kick review, nomination process into gear at White House, Capitol</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 16:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse J. Holland</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Now that Justice David Souter has helped solve the mystery of whether anyone would retire from the Supreme Court this year, what&#8217;s next? How will the executive and legislative branches of government set about filling a vacancy on the nation&#8217;s highest court?

— President Barack Obama will have to nominate a successor after Souter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s choice for appeals court faces tough questioning from Democratic senator</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frederic J. Frommer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama&#8217;s choice for a federal appeals court judge came in for rough questioning Wednesday by a Democratic senator over the judge&#8217;s former affiliation with an advocacy group.

At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Judge Andre Davis, a U.S. district judge in Baltimore, Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., pointedly read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama, Biden, give warm welcome to Specter at White House, says he will be asset to party</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz Sidoti</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Wednesday hailed Arlen Specter&#8217;s conversion to the Democratic Party, while Specter vowed that he&#8217;ll be an asset as Obama tries to get his ambitious agenda through Congress.

Obama said, &#8220;I am grateful that he is here.&#8221;
Specter was joined by Obama and Vice President Joe Biden at the White House Wednesday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Specter switches to a Democrat, pushing party near 60-vote filibuster-resistant majority</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Veteran Republican Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania switched parties Tuesday with a suddenness that seemed to stun the Senate, a moderate&#8217;s defection that pushed Democrats to within a vote of the 60 needed to overcome filibusters and enact President Barack Obama&#8217;s top legislative priorities.

Specter, 79 and seeking a sixth term in 2010, conceded bluntly [...]]]></description>
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