GOP senator says Obama’s Supreme Court choice shouldn’t be branded as racist

September 18th, 2009 SAN ANTONIO - Former Pakistani president and military ruler Pervez Musharraf has admitted that he committed a mistake by sacking Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. Musharraf Thursday said at a lecture at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas: Now, after seeing the incidents following his dismissal from the office I realised that I shouldnt have done that.

August 17th, 2009 Court orders new look at Taster's Choice lawsuitSAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court wants a trial court to come back to a long-running dispute over the use of a former model's image on Taster's Choice coffee labels. A Los Angeles County jury awarded Russell Christoff $15.6 million in 2005 after he discovered Nestle USA had been using his image without permission on its freeze-dried coffee.

August 4th, 2009 Nevada Sen. Ensign will vote against SotomayorWASHINGTON — Sen. John Ensign says he will oppose Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the U.S.

August 3rd, 2009 McCain to oppose Sotomayor for Supreme CourtWASHINGTON — Republican Sen. John McCain says he'll oppose Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor when the Senate votes on her confirmation this week.

July 29th, 2009 Texas' Hutchison voting against SotomayorWASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison says she will vote against confirming Sonia Sotomayor to be a Supreme Court justice.

July 15th, 2009 Sotomayor refers to precedent on abortionWASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is shedding no additional light on her views on abortion, despite persistent questioning from one of the Senate's staunchest abortion opponents. Sotomayor referred to Supreme Court cases establishing that women have a constitutional right to abortions in some circumstances and that the high court must consider whether state regulations pose an undue burden on that right.

July 5th, 2009 Colin Powell attacks critics of SotomayorWASHINGTON — Colin Powell, one of the nation's most prominent African-Americans, is going after people who attacked Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor because of her stand in favor of affirmative action. Powell, who's from the same Bronx neighborhood in New York as Sotomayor, said she should face "a spirited set of hearings" in the Senate.

June 6th, 2009 Sotomayor's objectivity on bench is key questionWASHINGTON — The senator leading the GOP's review of Sonia Sotomayor said the central question in her Supreme Court nomination should be whether she allows personal views to color her decisions. In the Republican Party's weekly radio and Internet address Saturday, Sen.

May 31st, 2009 GOP senators tone down criticism of SotomayorWASHINGTON — Republican senators on Sunday avoided joining those in the party using racially charged criticism against President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, underscoring the party's challenge in opposing the first Hispanic to be chosen for the nation's highest bench. Appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor already faces scrutiny from conservative commentators and former officials over a 2001 remark that her experiences as a Latina would lead her to better decisions than a white man.

May 31st, 2009 Schumer: Sotomayor 'virtually filisbuster-proof'WASHINGTON — A leading Democratic senator says that President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee is "virtually filibuster-proof" when his colleagues look at her record. Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York said Sunday that Sonia Sotomayor's nomination is heading toward confirmation.

May 31st, 2009 McConnell: Need time to review Sotomayor's recordWASHINGTON — The Senate's top Republican says the debate over President Barack Obama's first Supreme Court nominee should not begin with a deadline for a vote, as the president wants. Obama has nominated appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor for the high court.

May 31st, 2009 GOP senator: Sotomayor not better than a white manWASHINGTON — A GOP senator on the committee that will consider Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination says her early life of hardship is praiseworthy. But it doesn't make her better than he or other white men.

May 31st, 2009 Schumer: Sotomayor 'virtually filibuster-proof'WASHINGTON — A leading Democratic senator says that President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee is "virtually filibuster-proof" when his colleagues look at her record. Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York said Sunday that Sonia Sotomayor's nomination is heading toward confirmation.

May 3rd, 2009 Leahy: Confirmation of new justice likely by Oct.WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says he expects President Barack Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court to be on the bench when in time for the court's new term in October. Democratic Sen.

March 31st, 2009 WASHINGTON - American fashion model Angie Harmon has revealed that she has no qualms about saying that US President Barack Obama is not doing his job right. Harmon, 36, also said that she was no racist, and was tired of defending herself from being deemed as one.