Sotomayor says pay a ‘difficult’ issue for many judges, but she can live on high court salary

August 6th, 2009 Sotomayor to be sworn in Saturday at high courtWASHINGTON — Sonia Sotomayor will be sworn in as the 111th justice of the Supreme Court on Saturday, with Chief Justice John Roberts administering two oaths of office. The 55-year-old Sotomayor will repeat one oath as prescribed by the Constitution in a private ceremony at the high court at 11 a.m.

August 5th, 2009 GOP Sen. Bond says he'll vote for SotomayorWASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Kit Bond says he'll support Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, breaking with the vast majority of the GOP.

July 21st, 2009 Abortion rights group endorses Sotomayor for courtWASHINGTON — The abortion rights group NARAL ProChoice America says it's endorsing Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. NARAL says Sotomayor's (SUHN'-ya soh-toh-my-YOR') testimony during her confirmation hearings shows President Barack Obama's first high court choice is a stronger supporter of privacy rights than either Chief Justice John Roberts or Justice Samuel Alito, the previous two nominees.

July 16th, 2009 Morgenthau praises Sotomayor for high courtWASHINGTON — Veteran New York district attorney Robert Morgenthau is praising one of his former assistants, Sonia Sotomayor, as someone who can be an "outstanding" member of the Supreme Court. Morgenthau told the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday that as an assistant district attorney, Sotomayor understood the importance of every criminal case to the victim.

July 14th, 2009 Sotomayor vows to keep open mind in gun casesWASHINGTON — Sonia Sotoymayor is seeking to reassure senators that she would not take any "preconceived notions" about gun rights to the Supreme Court if confirmed as a justice. The 55-year-old Sotomayor told the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday that "one of my Godchildren is a member of the NRA.

July 14th, 2009 Sotomayor defends 'wise Latina' remarkWASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor stoutly denied racial bias Tuesday at her Senate confirmation hearing and said an oft-criticized remark about her Hispanic heritage affecting her decisions was a rhetorical device gone awry. An attempted play on words "fell flat" in a speech in 2001, Sotomayor told Sen.

July 14th, 2009 Sotomayor: 'Open mind' key to effective judgingWASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has told the Senate Judiciary Committee that she believes it's important that judges keep "an open mind" about cases before them. On Day 2 of her confirmation hearings, the native of South Bronx got to answer senators' questions for the first time publicly about what style she would bring to the nation's highest court.

July 14th, 2009 Sotomayor passes on chance to rate justicesWASHINGTON — Given a chance to say Tuesday which current Supreme Court justice or justices she most admires, Sonia Sotomayor took a pass. Answering a question from Wisconsin Democrat Herb Kohl, the 55-year-old Sotomayor declared: "To suggest that I admire one of the sitting Supreme Court justices would suggest that I think of myself as a clone of one of the judges.

July 14th, 2009 Sotomayor: Ruling in firefighter case was narrowWASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has defended her ruling against white firefighters who accused the New Haven, Conn., government of engaging in reverse discrimination against them. At the prompting of Democratic Sen.

July 13th, 2009 Leahy says Sotomayor follows rule of lawWASHINGTON — The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says Sonia Sotomayor will be a Supreme Court justice who's "committed to the law" and "not to ideology." Describing Sotomayor as an "outstanding" nominee at the start of her Senate confirmation hearing Monday, Sen. Patrick Leahy denounced what he described as efforts to distort Sotomayor's record and views.

July 9th, 2009 Study: Sotomayor tough on white-collar criminalsWASHINGTON — High court nominee Sonia Sotomayor typically handed out tougher prison sentences than her colleagues in the federal courthouse in Manhattan, especially to white-collar criminals, a new study says. Nearly half the people Sotomayor sentenced for financial fraud and other white-collar crimes received at least 6 months in prison, according to an analysis released Thursday by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University.

June 30th, 2009 New York City bar: Sotomayor 'highly qualified'WASHINGTON — New York City's bar association says Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is "highly qualified" to be a justice. The group calls Sotomayor exceptionally qualified on all its key criteria for a high court nominee.

June 16th, 2009 Sotomayor defends membership in women's clubWASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor (SOHN'-yuh soh-toh-my-YOR') says an elite all-women's club she belongs to doesn't discriminate unfairly by gender. Sotomayor tells senators in a letter that the Belizean (buh-LEE'-zee-uhn) Grove lets men speak at events and participate in trips.

June 5th, 2009 Buried in documents is a little Sotomayor humorWASHINGTON — Did you hear the one about the three judges who go duck hunting? Sonia Sotomayor has. The joke, as pieced together from the Supreme Court nominee's typed and handwritten notes for a 2006 speech at Hofstra University, goes like this: A Supreme Court justice, a circuit judge and a district judge go duck hunting.

June 1st, 2009 Court won't hear appeal from illegal gun dealerWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will not look into the case of an illegal gun dealer who was given a longer prison term because the guns were destined for New York City. The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from Gerard Cavera, an Army veteran in his 70s who got six months more than federal sentencing guidelines recommended for being an illegal gun dealer.