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U.S. Supreme Court

May 28, 2009

Conservatives Unlikely to Derail Sotomayor Confirmation

Conservative groups in Washington are trying to move the debate about nominee Sonia Sotomayor away from her compelling life story and towards questions about the role of judges in setting public policy.

By Lawrence Hurley and Robert Iafolla
Daily Journal Staff Writers

WASHINGTON - Conservative groups in Washington, primed to oppose any Democratic nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, are trying to move the debate about nominee Sonia Sotomayor away from her compelling life story and towards questions about the role of judges in setting public policy.

They have also begun asking whether Sotomayor would let her upbringing and sense of identity as an Hi...

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