In the end, they were unsuccessful, instead handing on some of her previous statements off the bench. Democrats were largely on message the entire time, calling her a qualified judge with a tremendous life story who would follow the law. Once the Judiciary Committee launched its week of hearings, Republicans significantly ramped up their criticisms.
But following the example set by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, Sotomayor deftly avoided making any controversial statements before the committee. All the while, she made repeated efforts to walk back from some of her more incendiary comments.
But that campaign was short-lived, with most Senators touting her record, humble beginnings and 17 years of judicial experience rather than her race. Following the vote, Democrats once again warned that their opposition to Sotomayor could end up hurting their ability to regain footing in the Latino community after Republicans lost ground there in the wake of the immigration debate. Perhaps the most significant result of the Sotomayor confirmation process is the fact that Republicans en masse abandoned their long-held argument that presidents should be given deference in selecting nominees.
A number of Republicans — most notably Judiciary Committee Sens. They argued that then-Sen. She has served as a judge on the 2nd U. Circuit Court of Appeals since She was named a district judge by President George H. Bush in and was elevated to her current seat by President Clinton. Sotomayor presided over about cases while on the district court. Before her judicial appointments, she was a partner at a private law firm and spent time as an assistant district attorney prosecuting violent crimes.
Supreme Court. Share this on:. Story Highlights NEW : Abortion opponent praises 31 Republican senators who voted "no" Sonia Sotomayor wins confirmation by vote She will be the th justice, the third woman and first Hispanic on high court Nine Republicans join unanimous Democratic caucus in supporting nomination.
Next Article in Politics ». Sonia Sotomayor, 55, will be the first Hispanic on the Supreme Court. See how Latinos are changing America and reshaping politics, businesses and schools. E-mail to a friend. Mixx Facebook Twitter Digg del. From the Blogs: Controversy, commentary, and debate. Sit tight, we're getting to the good stuff. From psychiatrist to 'Butcher of Bosnia'. Why trial could take years. Bush R —Sotomayor found that the federal government is within its rights to deny federal aid to foreign organizations that support or perform abortions.
She dismissed claims by the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy that the Mexico City Policy violated the First Amendment right to association as well as Fifth Amendment rights to due process and equal protection.
In her finding, Sotomayor cited the Foreign Assistance Act of , which authorizes the president "to furnish assistance, on such terms and conditions as he may determine, for voluntary population planning," as well as multiple Supreme Court precedents. In her decision, Sotomayor wrote, "The Supreme Court has made clear that the government is free to favor the anti-abortion position over the pro-choice position, and can do so with public funds.
In this case, Sotomayor found that an inmate living in a halfway house could sue a government contractor for forcing him to climb five flights of stairs despite a heart condition after the inmate suffered a heart attack, fell down the stairs, and injured himself. Sotomayor held "extending Bivens liability to reach private corporations furthers [its] overriding purpose: providing redress for violations of constitutional rights.
The Supreme Court overturned Sotomayor's decision in a 5 to 4 ruling, stating that only individual agents, not corporations, could be sued for such violations. Sotomayor wrote several high-profile rulings regarding the Major League Baseball strike of , the Wall Street Journal' s publishing of the suicide note left by former Clinton White House counsel Vince Foster, and copyright issues related to a trivia book about the television show Seinfeld.
As a federal district judge, Sotomayor had one of her decisions overturned by the Supreme Court of the United States. The case is often used in law schools as a modern application of the fair use doctrine. Sotomayor ruled in favor of The New York Times when it was sued by freelance journalists claiming the newspaper did not have the right to include their work in the electronic archival database LexisNexis.
Judge Sotomayor's decision to grant a temporary injunction against the Major League Baseball owners on March 31, , ended the day baseball strike of The injunction prevented the owners from installing replacement players and temporarily reinstated a five-year-old collective bargaining agreement allowing the season to take place and allowing players and owners to come to a new agreement nearly a year later.
In , Judge Sotomayor ruled in favor of the Wall Street Journal , allowing the newspaper to print a photocopy of the final note written by Clinton White House deputy counsel Vince Foster, who died in Sotomayor ruled that the public interest in the Foster story outweighed any violation of his family's privacy.
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Center for Reproductive Law and Policy v. Malesko v. Correctional Services Corporation, F3d In this case, Sotomayor found that an inmate living in a halfway house could sue a government contractor for forcing him to climb five flights of stairs despite a heart condition after the inmate suffered a heart attack, fell down the stairs, and injured himself. Castle Rock Entertainment, Inc. Carol Publishing Group, F. Tasini v. New York Times, et al, F. Supp Sotomayor ruled in favor of The New York Times when it was sued by freelance journalists claiming the newspaper did not have the right to include their work in the electronic archival database LexisNexis.
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