Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Republicans grumble about Sonia Sotomayor's hearing rush

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Pat Leahy has forged ahead with a July 13 start date for confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, pushing past Republicans who want more time to review her judicial and personal history.

On Tuesday, Leahy indicated that he was tired of Republican questions on Sotomayor, (snip)Leahy told POLITICO he had a "long talk with the president" – who, Leahy said, is supportive of the hearing schedule...

[I.e., another rush job, in this case a lifetime appointment we must {evidently} make now-right-now. You'd think we'd learned from the stimulus fiasco.]

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