ABA: Sotomayor 'Well Qualified' For Supreme Court

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The American Bar Association says Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is well qualified to serve on the high court.

The ABA committee that reviewed her qualifications came out with that unanimous rating of the federal appeals court judge. That finding is in a letter to White House lawyer Greg Craig that was released Tuesday.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to begin hearings on the nomination next week. Sotomayor is President Barack Obama's choice to replace retired Justice David Souter.

The last time the ABA reviewed Sotomayor's qualifications, a majority on ABA panel rated her as well-qualified, but it was not unanimous.

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1. How's THIS? Top Republican Hits Sotomayor on Firefighters Case.

The Senate's top Republican is lashing out at Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor for ruling against white firefighters who alleged reverse discrimination.

Sen. Mitch McConnell says Sotomayor's decision as a federal appeals court judge suggests she allows her own agenda to cloud her judgment and favors certain groups.

http://nytimes.com/aponline/2009/07/07/us/politics/AP-US-Sotomayor-McConnell.html

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2. Wasn't the appeals court decision unanimous?

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3. Yes, it was a 3-judge panel of the 2d Circuit Court of Appeals in NYC.

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4. Useless asshole-- that decision was based on prior...

Supreme court rulings that the recent decision changed.

According to every law professor I've heard opine on this, Sotomayor and the rest of the panel were correct in their decision, but the Supremes just changed the law on them.

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5. Sotomayor Gets ABA's Highest Rating, Unanimously

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/07/sotomayor-gets-amas-highe_n_226978.html
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor earned a "well-qualified" rating from the American Bar Association on Tuesday as she prepared for Senate hearings next week.

The ABA committee that reviewed her qualifications came out with that unanimous rating of the federal appeals court judge and released it in a letter to White House lawyer Greg Craig.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to begin hearings Monday on President Barack Obama's choice to replace retired Justice David Souter.

Sotomayor has been rated twice before by the ABA _ as a trial judge and appellate judge.

As a U.S. District Court nominee, she was deemed "qualified" by a substantial majority of the committee and "well qualified" by a minority. The last time the ABA reviewed Sotomayor's qualifications _ when she was up for the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals _ a majority rated her "well qualified," but that was not unanimous.