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We now get to call her Justice Sotomayor

By Douglas A. Berman

This National Law Journal article provides the official SCOTUS transition news following this afternoon's vote by the US Senate: The Senate has confirmed Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court in a historic vote that will make her the nation's first Hispanic justice and the third woman appointed to the Court. Sotomayor, born in New York City to parents who moved there from Puerto Rico, won over nine Republican senators to go with the 59 members of the Democratic caucus who were present. The final margin of 68-31 was larger than the 58-42 vote three years ago for Justice Samuel Alito Jr., but it was still a smaller margin than other justices have received. The vote gives President Barack Obama's administration a significant, early win in the judicial confirmation wars...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 06, 2009 (boomark / email).