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Will Hatch's Facts About Kagan Get Through?
By Carole on Jul 2, 2010
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) has announced he will vote against current Solicitor General Elena Kagan's confirmation to the United States Supreme Court. Saying Ms. Kagan does not live up to the judicial philosophy that "the law must control the judge; the judge must not control the law," Senator Hatch will join at least several other Republicans in officially opposing her lifetime appointment to the high court.
Is Sotomayor Trying To Un-Ring A Bell?
By Carole on Jun 20, 2009
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has resigned from the elite all-women's club The Belizean Grove. She said she resigned to prevent her membership in the club from distracting anyone from her qualifications and record. She also said that her membership did not violate judicial ethics. Federal judges are bound by a code that says they shouldn't join any organization that discriminates by race, sex, religion or nationality. (source) Judge Sotomayor claims that The Belizean Grove does not do that. So why resign?
