Meet the Press with Sen. Chuck Schumer and Sen. Mitch McConnell (5/16/2010)

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Meet the Press with Sen. Patrick Leahy and Sen. Jeff Sessions (4/11/2010)

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Judge Sonia Sotomayor Senate Confirmation

This afternoon, the U.S. Senate confirmed Judge Sonia Sotomayor. She will be the 111th Supreme Court Justice. She is the third female Justice in the history of the Court, and the first Hispanic Justice.

Read President Barack Obama's Statement here.

See exactly who voted yea and nay here.

Judge Sonia Sotomayor: Analysis of Selected Opinions (Congressional Research Service)



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Face the Nation with Sen. Patrick Leahy and Sen. Jeff Sessions (7/12/2009)

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The Supreme Court Appointment Process

For those of you curious about how the Supreme Court appointment process, I thought I would list some resources that might help.

How Supreme Court Appointments Work (from HowStuffWorks)

Supreme Court Appointment Process: Roles of the President, Judiciary Committee, and Senate

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U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is responsible for vetting and confirming the new Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. They are currently preparing to consider the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor.

For more information about the Committee, visit judiciary.senate.gov.

For more information on Judge Sonia Sotomayor and the confirmation process, click here.

Members of the Committee are as follows (each name is a link that will bring you to that senator's personal site):

Patrick J. Leahy, Chairman (D-Vermont)

Jeff Sessions, Ranking Member (R-Alabama)

Herb Kohl (D-Wisconsin)

Dianne Feinstein (D-California)

Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

Russell D. Feingold (D-Wisconsin)

Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

Charles E. Schumer (D-New York)

Jon Kyl (R-Arizona)

Richard J. Durbin (D-Illinois)

Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina)

Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Maryland)

John Cornyn (R-Texas)

Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island)

Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma)

Ron Wyden (D-Oregon)

Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota)

Edward E. Kaufman (D-Delaware)

Arlen Specter (D-Pennsylvania)





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Meet the Press with Sen. Patrick Leahy and Sen. Jeff Sessions (5/31/2009)

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Face the Nation with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Sen. Jon Kyl, David Brooks, and Bob Woodward (5/31/2009)

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