Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor quits all-women’s club after GOP criticism

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor resigned Friday from an elite all-women’s club after Republicans questioned her participation in it. Sotomayor said she resigned from the Belizean Grove to prevent the issue from becoming a distraction in her confirmation hearings.

Republicans protest Democrats’ quick timetable for Sotomayor hearings

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are protesting Democrats’ decision to schedule confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor for July 13, saying they need more time to review her record.

Republican doesn’t rule out trying to block Senate confirmation vote on Sotomayor

WASHINGTON — The Senate’s top Republican said Friday it’s “way too early to know” whether his party will try to block a vote on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation, leaving open a possibility that a so-far mild debate on her confirmation could turn bitter.

Top Senate Republican: ‘Way too early’ to rule out GOP efforts to block Sotomayor

WASHINGTON — The Senate’s top Republican said Friday that it’s “way too early to know” whether his party will try to block a vote on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation.

Sotomayor meets with senators and counters criticism she would rule with bias on Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — Judge Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday countered Republican charges that she would let her background dictate her rulings as Americans signaled a favorable first impression of President Barack Obama’s first Supreme Court choice. A new Associated Press-GfK poll suggested that Americans have a more positive view of her than they did of any of former President George W. Bush’s nominees to the high court. Half backed her confirmation.

Sotomayor, meeting senators, counters criticism she’d rule with bias on Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — Judge Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday countered Republican charges that she would let her background dictate her rulings as Americans signaled a favorable first impression of President Barack Obama’s first Supreme Court choice.

Top Democratic senator says Sotomayor pledged to follow the law regardless of her background

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor sought Tuesday to hit back against GOP charges that she would let her background dictate her rulings, telling senators in both parties that she would follow the law as a justice.