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Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor is one step closer to making history

Recovered from FSRN’s earlier site via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. The audio here is FSRN’s own production recording. Originally published July 28, 2009.

Judge Sonia Sotomayor is one step closer to becoming the first Latina to sit on the Supreme Court.  The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to confirm her nomination. Only one Republican on the committee cast his vote in support. But in doing so, he offered a strong critique of his Republican colleagues.  FSRN’s Leigh Ann Caldwell reports.