Categories: Legal
June 9, 2009
NPR's David Welna is reporting a July 13 start date for Senate confirmation hearings for Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee. Sotomayor, a federal appellate court judge in New York, would replace Justice David Souter, who is retiring from the court.
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