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The 2008-2009 term was certainly a busy one for the Supreme Court. It decided 79 cases, 23 of which, according to SCOTUSblog, were split 5-4. Of those 5-4 decisions, 16 were divided along ideological lines. A newly-available Alliance for Justice analysis of the term reveals that, "the most ominous theme of the term was the repeated planting of bombs by the Roberts wing of the Court designed to detonate in future terms, including preparations to throw out the Voting Rights Act, eliminate disparate impact violations, dismantle campaign finance law or further erode the rights of criminal defendants."
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Jul 15th, 2009 - Boston.com
WASHINGTON - Sonia Sotomayor sped toward confirmation as the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice yesterday, encouraged by Republican promises of a quick vote...
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Jul 15th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
Wrapping up four days of grilling and pontificating, Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee considering Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination dominated Thursday with appeals for the prospective justice to protect national security...
An Anita Hill for Sonia Sotomayor
Jul 15th, 2009 - Washington Post
Frank Ricci was to be Sonia Sotomayor's Anita Hill. The boyish firefighter from New Haven, Conn., white and male, was denied his promotion when the city threw out the qualifying test that Ricci but too few minority candidates passed...
Obama Supreme Court pick on track for quick vote
Jul 15th, 2009 - Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, appeared headed for confirmation as the first Hispanic justice on the U.S. Supreme Court after Senate hearings ended on Thursday with Republicans promising a speedy vote.
Sotomayor answers her Senate critics in hearing
Jul 15th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Washington -- Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor proclaimed Tuesday that she would not let ethnic or gender biases influence her decisions on the court...
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