Sotomayor speeds to confirmation as nation’s first Hispanic justice as GOP promises quick voteWASHINGTON — Sonia Sotomayor sped toward confirmation as the nation’s first Hispanic justice Thursday, encouraged by Republican promises of a quick vote and cheered on by a Democratic senator’s challenge to take on the Supreme Court’s conservative wing when she arrives. “Battle out the ideas that you believe in, because I have a strong hunch that they are closer to the ones that I would like to see adopted by the court,” Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, a Republican turned Democrat, told Sotomayor. Sotomayor assured of confirmation; Republicans promise quick vote on Supreme Court nominationWASHINGTON — Sonia Sotomayor sped toward confirmation as the nation’s first Hispanic justice Thursday, encouraged by Republican promises of a quick vote and cheered on by a Democratic senator’s challenge to take on the Supreme Court’s conservative wing when she arrives. Some quotes from witnesses in the confirmation hearings for Sonia SotomayorSome quotes from witnesses at the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court: Republicans see August Senate vote on Sotomayor; judge seems headed for Supreme Court approvalWASHINGTON — Republicans cleared the way Thursday for a Senate vote next month to confirm Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, placing her firmly in line to become the first Hispanic justice. |
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