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Sonia Sotomayor testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on her nomination for the United States Supreme Court. The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, informally known as the Senate Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of 22 U.S. senators [1] whose role is to oversee the Department of Justice (DOJ), consider executive and judicial nominations, and review pending ...
On May 26, 2009, President Barack Obama announced his selection of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, to replace retiring Justice David Souter. Sotomayor's nomination was submitted to the United States Senate on June 1, 2009, when the 111th Congress reconvened after its Memorial Day recess.
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Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, 116 people have served on the Court. The length of service on the Court for the 107 non-incumbent justices ranges from William O. Douglas's 36 years, 209 days to John Rutledge's 1 year, 18 days as associate justice and, separated by a period of years off the Court, his 138 days as chief justice.
First Hispanic American male (Chief Justice of the United States): Ted Cruz in 1996 [12] First Orthodox Jewish female: Rochelle Lee Shoretz in 1998 [13] First Vietnamese American male to clerk for two Justices: Joseph T. Thai in 2000 [14] First Asian American female: Neomi Rao in 2001 [15] First blind male: Isaac Lidsky in 2008 [16]
The city of Philadelphia settled Monday with the parents of Ellen Greenberg, and the city's medical examiner’s office will take a new look at Greenberg's manner of death.
The Justice Department released on Tuesday its final report on Smith’s charges alleging that Trump illegally conspired to overturn the 2020 election, saying that prosecutors secured the goods to ...
Justice Leondra Kruger of the California Supreme Court clerked for Justice John Paul Stevens from 2003 until 2004. Law clerks have assisted the justices of the United States Supreme Court in various capacities since the first one was hired by Justice Horace Gray in 1882. Each Associate Justice is permitted to employ four law clerks per Court term; the Chief Justice may employ five. Most ...