Supreme Court justices Jackson and Sotomayor disagree over Trump's federal workforce reduction plan in an 8-1 ruling that ...

May 26, 2009— -- As President Obama's pick to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court, federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor seems, in many ways, tailor-made for President Obama as a Supreme ...

In Sotomayor, Obama has chosen a nominee who will greatly please two powerful constituencies in his own party — women and Hispanics — that had openly lobbied for one of their own to replace ...

Obama had said he was looking for a nominee who demonstrates empathy and "intellectual fire power," as well as possesses the "common touch." The president on Tuesday described Sotomayor, a judge ...

President Barack Obama introduced his first nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court with much praise. "It's a measure of her qualities and her qualifications that Judge Sotomayor was nominated to the U ...

Obama very likely was interested in Sotomayor's personal story, since he didn't know her, but in view of his 12 years teaching constitutional law, ...

Throughout the weeks leading up to the confirmation hearings of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, one often heard it said that President Obama was thinking in threes. He wasn’t just seating this one ...

As a senator, Obama voted against Justices Roberts and Alito on the basis of their ideology, Republicans say. Why can't we do the same? they ask.

President Barack Obama called Judge Sonia Sotomayor at 9 p.m. on Memorial Day to say she was his pick for the Supreme Court. Obama showed he was willing to pick a fight with his choice ...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama pressed the Senate anew Saturday to swiftly confirm Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, expressing confidence that efforts to scuttle her nomination will ...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama rejoiced today in the ascendancy of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, saying her achievement will be an inspiration for generations.

President Obama on Tuesday announced he will nominate U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court. She would be the first Hispanic on the high court if confirmed.