WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee today voted to approve Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice over nearly solid Republican opposition, paving the way for a historic confirmation vote.
editor@mercurynews.com (By Julie Hirschfeld Davis, San Jose Mercury News
Tue, 07/28/2009 - 9:34am
WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee today voted to approve Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice over nearly solid Republican opposition, paving the way for a historic confirmation vote.