Kohl urges Sotomayor to discuss issues with candor
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl urged Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor (soh-toh-my-YOR') to discuss the nation's fundamental issues with candor at confirmation hearings in Washington.
He made the opening statements Monday as a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which conducts the hearings. Fellow Wisconsin Democrat, Sen. Russ Feingold, also sits on the committee.
Kohl says even though the committee doesn't have a right to know how she will rule on certain cases, it deserves to know what she thinks of civil rights, privacy, property rights, the separation of church and state and civil liberties, among others.
Kohl and Feingold voted to confirm Sotomayor in 1998 when then-President Bill Clinton nominated her for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Jul 14, 2009 at 12:20 p.m.
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Get ready for the supreme court to be nothing but Liberal judges and our country will no longer be what the founding fathers wanted for us!! It's too bad the dems fought every one of Bush's appointees! we might not be in the trouble we are today. I hope people are ready for this but I think it's leading us to the slaughter!
Jul 13, 2009 at 10:45 p.m.
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These hearings are completely irrelevant. The Democrats now have a filibuster-proof majority & we'd be worse than naive to believe her if she sounded as conservative as Rush. We're only going to hear moderation until after the vote.
Jul 13, 2009 at 8:06 p.m.
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janesvillean,
i have no problem with obama picking the most qualified person -- black, hispanic, asian or God forbid, white.
i believe you will see some sparring but nothing like you saw over the past two "conservative" nominations.
curious if you supported the clarence thomas nomination? or was he, as most liberals at the time thought, the wrong kind of black?
Jul 13, 2009 at 4:36 p.m.
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It is actually historically typical for Presidents to nominate justices on the basis that they will be easily confirmed by Congress.
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Colt45, 44% of American children are non-white, and one third of adults. More than four states, including the two largest, have a majority that is non-white. There have been Hispanic citizens of the US for its entire 233-year history. What number of years would you believe fair before there is an Hispanic justice?
Jul 13, 2009 at 2:01 p.m.
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herb kohl is still alive?
Jul 13, 2009 at 1:33 p.m.
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She is only going to tell them what they want to hear. The democrats have already grilled her for these hearing. too bad. This all just a big show for the public, They already said she was as good as confirmed. They are making a big mistake with her.
Jul 13, 2009 at 1:09 p.m.
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As opposed to........??????
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