There is little suspense to next week's Senate confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. The only question is whether she gets more than 70 votes.

Here is a listing of the most "no" votes in the Senate against a court nominee since World War II.

Robert Bork -- 58 (rejected 42-58, 10/23/87)
Clement Haynsworth -- 55 (rejected 45-55, 11/21/69)
G. Harrold Carswell -- 51 (rejected 45-51, 4/8/70)
Clarence Thomas -- 48 (confirmed 52-48, 10/15/91)
Samuel Alito -- 42 (confirmed 58-42, 1/31/06)
William Rehnquist (for chief justice) -- 33 (confirmed 65-33, 9/17/86)
William Rehnquist -- 26 (confirmed 12/10/71)
John Roberts (for chief justice) -- 22 (confirmed 78-22, 9/29/05)
Potter Stewart -- 17 (confirmed 70-17, 5/5/59)
Sherman Minton -- 16 (confirmed 48-16, 10/4/49)

categories: Approaching the Bench

10:38 - July 31, 2009

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