Read more Senate Judiciary Committee stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1329/senate-judiciary-committee.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:40:20 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74314/holder-on-911-trial-we-need-not-cower.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRepublicans grilled Eric Holder on Capitol Hill today, criticizing his decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in civilian court. But Holder offered a forceful rebuttal, saying, “We need not cower in the face of this enemy. Our institutions are strong and our people are ready.” He added that “failure is...http://www.newser.com/story/74314/holder-on-911-trial-we-need-not-cower.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 10:22:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/65516/gop-looks-tacky-in-vote-on-sotomayor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSenate Republicans locked arms against Sonia Sotomayor yesterday … or would have, if they’d bothered to stay for the Judiciary Committee’s vote. Instead, half ducked out, leaving Jeff Sessions to repeat “No by proxy,” over and over, writes Dana Milbank in the Washington Post . It was an ugly display of...http://www.newser.com/story/65516/gop-looks-tacky-in-vote-on-sotomayor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 29 Jul 2009 8:56:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65489/judiciary-committee-approves-sotomayor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to approve Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court. The committee voted 13-6 this morning to send Sotomayor's nomination to the full Senate, where she's expected to be confirmed easily next week. Just one Republican, South Carolina's Lindsey Graham,...http://www.newser.com/story/65489/judiciary-committee-approves-sotomayor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Jul 2009 11:09:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65251/hatch-cornyn-get-on-gops-anti-sotomayor-bandwagon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn an indication that conservative Republicans are uniting against Sonia Sotomayor, Senate Judiciary Committee members John Cornyn and Orrin Hatch today pledged to vote against her, CNN reports. Though moderate Republicans worry opposition could hurt the party with Hispanics, the conservative base has lobbied hard against the Supreme Court nominee....http://www.newser.com/story/65251/hatch-cornyn-get-on-gops-anti-sotomayor-bandwagon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Jul 2009 15:37:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65217/graham-blasts-gops-blind-ideology.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLindsey Graham’s been on the Republican hot seat since throwing his support behind Sonia Sotomayor, but he doesn’t think much of the purity police attacking him. “I have no desire to be up here in an irrelevant status,” the senior senator from South Carolina tells Politico. “If we chase this...http://www.newser.com/story/65217/graham-blasts-gops-blind-ideology.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Jul 2009 9:33:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64788/blame-everyone-involved-for-shallow-sotomayor-hearings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation a virtual certainty and her appointment unlikely to change the direction of the Supreme Court, last week's toothless hearings held few surprises. Except, that is, for observers who were hoping the Senate Judiciary Committee would press for substantive Q-and-A, Joan Biskupic writes for USA Today. “I...http://www.newser.com/story/64788/blame-everyone-involved-for-shallow-sotomayor-hearings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Jul 2009 8:55:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64563/gop-foresees-august-vote-on-sotomayor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRepublicans cleared the way today for a Senate vote next month to confirm Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, placing her firmly in line to become the first Hispanic justice. "I look forward to you getting that vote before we recess in August," said Jeff Sessions, the senior Republican on the...http://www.newser.com/story/64563/gop-foresees-august-vote-on-sotomayor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Jul 2009 12:19:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64321/hey-gop-white-male-is-an-identity-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSonia Sotomayor's confirmation is in the bag, but this week's hearings have a real value, writes Eugene Robinson: They are exposing the Republican Party's "refusal to accept the basic principle of diversity." For the Washington Post columnist, the anger surrounding the judge's "wise Latina" remark rests on a creepy belief...http://www.newser.com/story/64321/hey-gop-white-male-is-an-identity-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Jul 2009 5:50:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64288/sen-franken-debuts-in-sotomayor-hearings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe voice was Stuart Smalley, but the occasion was no joke, and Sen. Al Franken, on his fifth day in office, was sober and respectful as he made his public debut during Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings today. Franken said deferentially that he had much to learn from his colleagues, and...http://www.newser.com/story/64288/sen-franken-debuts-in-sotomayor-hearings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Jul 2009 14:23:24 CDT