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Sotomayor Wins Republicans' Backing

She's shown 'judicial temperament': statement

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(Newser) – Richard Lugar said today he’ll back Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court bid, making him the first GOP senator to do so, the Washington Post reports. Mel Martinez of Florida, the chamber's sole Republican Latino, quickly followed suit. “Judge Sotomayor has demonstrated a judicial temperament during her week-long nomination hearing,” Lugar, an ally of President Obama's from his days in the Senate, said in a statement. Later in the day, Olympia Snowe of Maine climbed aboard.

"Judge Sotomayor's rise to the Supreme Court is testimony to the fact that the American dream continues to be attainable," said Martinez. Said Snowe: "I was pleased that Judge Sotomayor repeatedly recognized in her responses this week that ‘the job of a judge is to apply the law’ rather than independently make policy."

Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee gather on the final day of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 16, 2009.
Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee gather on the final day of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 16, 2009.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
U.S. Senator Richard Lugar speaks at a news conference in Moscow, Friday, Dec. 19, 2008.
U.S. Senator Richard Lugar speaks at a news conference in Moscow, Friday, Dec. 19, 2008.   (AP Photo/ Sergey Ponomarev)
President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, concludes her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the fourth day of her confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 16, 2009.
President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, concludes her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the fourth day of her confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington,...   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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myvoice
Jul 17, 09 12:48 PM CDT
I guess these two GOP's are now going to be called "liberal fascist sympathizers" by the wing nuts on Newser! its one thing to be a "liberal fascist" but its even worst to be sympathizer! *sarcasm* So what will they say now when their "own kind" thinks Sotomayor is qualified? Reply
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JonmarkP
Jul 17, 09 12:48 PM CDT
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TjaiKneeGrow
Jul 17, 09 2:04 PM CDT
what you don't know could fill an ocean ... or pretend not to know. your buddy karl rove has immediately said she was stupid. "not intellectually impressive" was the packaging. This is getting very dirty, and ridiculous, when blacks and latinos who have suffered under racist persecution, are being called racists in some lame attempt to shift attention and blame from the REAL fascists. Repubs are mostly racists, they have fascist ideas, and they are largely stupid: you had a C-minus president ruin the country, and you followed up with a candidate who finished 895 in class of 899 .... at Annapolis. this means he couldn't even run fast which is the least of his problems. PS YOU LOST!! AND YOU'RE SHRINKING...
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freethemall
Jul 17, 09 2:05 PM CDT
Did you oppose the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court? He wasn't a judicial lightweight, was he?
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DarkFrancis
Jul 17, 09 5:52 PM CDT
Do you get paid for every 'liberal fascist' dogshit you leave on the Internet? Because I'm half expecting to open some story about a cat rescued from a drainpipe with your vomit leading the way: If the Liberal Fascists had not insisted we keep pets as a way to combat loneliness, none of this would have happened! Liberal Fascists!
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