Senator McConnell will not support Sotomayor.

“WASHINGTON, D.C.- Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell will formally announce his opposition to Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court in a floor speech on Monday, July 20. The following are unembargoed excerpts from his prepared remarks:
“From the beginning of this confirmation process, I’ve said that Americans expect [...]

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Seems Leahy was trying to get a fast one in.
“WASHINGTON (AP) – In endorsing Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy did some creative rewriting of history. And he put quote marks around it.
Trying to head off criticism of a controversial comment, Leahy misquoted Sotomayor’s own words in kicking off the [...]

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So much for being wiser than a white guy. Senator Sessions today brought out the worst in Sonia Sotomayor today.
Watch:

Sessions took her to the woodshed and she came back with splinters.
Sotomayor comes off as flippant and angry, just what her supporters didn’t want to see. Her answer was disingenuous and deceitful. She [...]

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Going into this week, Sonia Sotomayor’s chances are dipping by the hour.
“Sonia Sotomayor will begin her confirmation hearings next week with some of the highest levels of public opposition of any Supreme Court nominee in the last two decades, according to a new poll by CNN and the Opinion Research Corporation.
In fact, only one nominee [...]

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Go ahead make our day.
” WASHINGTON — Supporters of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor are quietly targeting the Connecticut firefighter who’s at the center of Sotomayor’s most controversial ruling.
On the eve of Sotomayor’s Senate confirmation hearing, her advocates have been urging journalists to scrutinize what one called the “troubled and litigious work history” of firefighter [...]

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