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ABA: Sotomayor Well Qualified

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"American Bar Association gives Sotomayor top rating," is the Reuters report via the Washington Post.The American Bar Association on Tuesday gave U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor its top rating, boosting her anticipated confirmation as the first Hispanic justice on the highest U.S. court. The ABA said its Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary based its unanimous "well qualified" evaluation on a review of Sotomayor's professional integrity, competence and judicial temperament. The ABA evaluation is certain to mentioned repeatedly by Sotomayor's backers at her confirmation hearing next week before the Senate Judiciary Committee. A federal judge the past 17 years, Sotomayor is expected to win confirmation by the full Democratic-led Senate, perhaps overwhelmingly, to replace David Souter, who announced in May his retirement as a Supreme Court justice...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 07, 2009 (boomark / email).