Jul 15, 2009 – Dr. Charmaine Yoest, Americans United for Life President & CEO, has this statement on today’s questioning of Judge Sonia Sotomayor by Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn: “Sen. Coburn asked good, probing questions today related to abortion jurisprudence. Judge Sotomayor’s response that the ‘issue becomes one of state regulations,’ points...

Jul 15, 2009 – Guest post from Brian DarlingSenator Tom Coburn (R-OK) finished an excellent line of questioning this morning and Sotomayor’s answers were telling.  Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court could not answer a simple question as to “do you have a personal opinion, or can you give me your opinion, of whether...

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Jul 15, 2009 – Guest post from Ilya Shapiro It strikes me that Sotomayor has been fairly forthright in her responses to questioning, not hiding too much behind the tired cliche that she can’t answer a question because it could lead to prejudging a case—certainly far less than Ruth Bader Ginsburg and even John...

Jul 14, 2009 – Guest blog post by Ilya Shapiro. Senator Schumer ripped apart Judge Alito by running through case after case where he ruled against poor plaintiffs whose attempts to recover for discrimination or harms by large corporations…  Oh, I’m sorry, Schumer actually led Judge Sotomayor through those cases to show that...

Jul 14, 2009 – Guest post from Brian Darling Senator Orin Hatch (R-UT) and Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) engaged in detailed questioning of Sotomayor’s views on the Second Amendment.  Judge Sotomayor seemed hostile and evasive to the concept that the Second Amendment protects and individual right of all Americans against an action by a...

Jul 14, 2009 – Guest post from Ilya ShapiroSotomayor didn’t have much to say in response to Senator Feingold’s inquiries regarding national security law and civil liberties post-9/11, but the Wisconsin lawmaker’s questions about “secret law”—on which he didn’t press the nominee’s non-answers—made me think of the following: Both Ricci (the infamous firefighters race...

Jul 14, 2009 – Guest post from Charmaine Yoest  A significant moment arrived in the hearing this morning as Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis) turned to questioning Judge Sotomayor, albeit briefly, on the abortion issue and the “right to privacy” underlying Roe v. Wade.  Sotomayor replied that she does agree that Roe is “settled...

Jul 14, 2009 – Guest post from Ilya Shapiro The hearing began after lunch with Senator Grassley probing Sotomayor’s views on Kelo v. New London and the Fifth Amendment’s protection of property right—one of the questions I would ask her.  The nominee apparently thought the senator (who’s not a lawyer) needed a lesson...

Jul 14, 2009 – Guest post from Ilya Shapiro Now, after yesterday’s bloviating—much reduced by Joe Biden’s departure from the committee—today we’ve gotten into some good stuff.  Sotomayor is obviously well-prepared.  She speaks in measured, dulcet tones, showing little emotion.  Judiciary Committee Chairman Leahy gave her the opportunity to explain herself on...

Jul 14, 2009 – Guest blog post by Charmaine Yoest  Yesterday morning’s start to the Sotomayor hearings featured multiple references to the life issue, underscoring what we expected — that life would be a hot-button issue with this nominee.  The above-the-fold “news” on life coming out of the morning, however, was the interruption of...

Jul 14, 2009 – Guest post from Brian Darling:Sonia Sotomayor has started the process of answering Senator's questions. A Senior GOP Staffer at the hearing says "the only excitement right now are the camera flashes. Her answers are canned, drawn out and less than compelling in the area of honesty." The first challenge to...

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Jul 13, 2009 – Guest blog post from Brian Darling Sonia Sotomayor just completed her opening statement and it was short.  She discussed her education and her appointment by President Bill Clinton to 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals.  She has “served as an appellate judge for over a decade.”  A good portion of...

Jul 13, 2009 – Guest blog post by Brian Darling on the Sotomayor hearingsSenator Jeff Sessions is opening the Republican side of the Senate Judiciary Committee battle on the Sotomayor nomination with some strong fighting words.  This is Sessions first high profile hearing as Ranking Member and Sessions has delivered a strong statement explaining...

Jul 13, 2009 – Guest post from Brian Darling, Director of Senate Relations, The Heritage Foundation:Senator Patrick Leahy’s opening statement is typically long and not focused.  Leahy said that he will be conducting the “most transparent confirmation hearing ever held.”  In the next sentence, Senator Leahy ripped President Bush and said that the Sotomayor...

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