US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor reiterated her commitment to applying the law fairly to the facts of each case as members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee concluded their...
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JURIST Contributing Editor Michael A. Olivas of the University of Houston Law Center says that the nomination and expected confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, a Latina, shows how far Latino lawyers and the Latino community in the United States have...
Sotomayor testifies she has decided abortion cases 'according to law'
US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor told the US Senate during confirmation hearings on Wednesday said that she has rejected personal bias and "ruled according to the law" in...
Sotomayor defends judicial record on second day of confirmation hearings
US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday defended her judicial record and emphasized her reliance on precedent when deciding cases in response to confirmation questioning by the US Senate [official...
Sotomayor highlights 'fidelity to the law' in confirmation hearing
US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Monday told the Senate Judiciary Committee during confirmation hearings that she would bring to the Court a judicial philosophy rooted in...
Senators split on Sotomayor judicial record as confirmaton hearings begin
The US Senate Judiciary Committee began confirmation hearings Monday for Supreme Court Associate Justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor , with Democratic and Republican senators offered contrasting interpretations of Sotomayor's judicial record and philosophy....
The American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary on Tuesday gave US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor a unanimous "well-qualified" rating . Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chairman of the Senate...
High court finds Title VII violation in firefighter reverse discrimination case
The US Supreme Court on Monday overturned a lower court ruling dismissing racial discrimination challenges to the promotion criteria used by the fire department of New Haven, CT. The Court ruled 5-4...
JURIST Guest Columnists Renée Landers of Suffolk University School of Law and Lawrence Friedman of New England School of Law say that unless US Presidents embrace a broader view of "diversity" in future Supreme Court nominations, they may deprive the...
Confirmation hearings for US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor will begin on July 13, as announced Tuesday by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy . The committee released a schedule [fact sheet,...
