8/08/2009

Sotomayor sworn in on August 8th, 2009

Senate confirmed Sotomayor's nomination Thursday by a 68-31 vote. On May 26th, Sotomayor was nominated. The confirmation from nomination to the Senate vote took 72 days. She was sworn in today.

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posted by John Lott at 12:02 PM

1 Comments:

Blogger Martin G. Schalz said...

The past has shown us that new members of SCOTUS do not always decide cases the way everyone thought they would.

Let us hope that Sotomayor lives up to the oath, even though there have been many justices whom have not done so.

Time will tell.

8/08/2009 4:02 PM  

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