Sonia Sotomayor in Joe Biden biography by Jules Witcover

On Principles & Values: Confirmed for Supreme Court by 58-31 vote

The sudden announcement by Justice David Souter that he was resigning from the Supreme Court gave Obama his first opportunity to make an appointment. He nominated Federal Appellate Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor of New York as the first Hispanic American on the highest bench. Biden, who had chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee through every Supreme Court confirmation hearing since 1987, was called on to help prepare her. A Wall Street Journal editorial issued a scathing diatribe against him entitled, "How Joe Biden Wrecked the Judicial Process," alleging his insistence that a nominee be subjected to questioning about his or her judicial philosophy broke new and unwarranted ground. That approach had indeed brought Bork down, to the dismay of conservative stalwarts. Sotomayor, however, artfully dodged all challenges and was confirmed by a 58-31 vote, with nine Republican senators supporting her. Source: A Life of Trial & Redemption, by Jules Witcover, p.454 Oct 5, 2010

The above quotations are from Joe Biden: A Life of Trial and Redemption by Jules Witcover. Click here for main summary page. Click here for a profile of Sonia Sotomayor. Click here for Sonia Sotomayor on all issues.
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