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Sotomayor Confirmed On Thursday, August 6, by a vote of 68-31, the full Senate voted to confirm Judge Sonia Sotomayor as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=5090

Gun foes see new hope with Sotomayor After years of losing, gun control advocates say this week's vote on confirming Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court will be their long awaited win that shatters conventional wisdom and proves that the Second Amendment is no longer the unstoppable...

Sotomayor Voted Out of Senate Judiciary Committee By a vote of 13-6, Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to become an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court was voted out of the Senate Judiciary committee on Tuesday, July 28. http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=5081

Senate Judiciary Committee to vote Tuesday on Sotomayor; Gun rights an issue Yesterday, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., announced that he will vote against Sotomayor, saying her speeches and writings indicate "dramatic expressions of an activist view of judging," the Associated Press reports. The...

Update On Sotomayor Nomination As we reported last week, NRA has announced its opposition to the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the position of Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Read.aspx?ID=5071

Stephen Halbrook Testifies Against Sotomayor Independent Institute Research Fellow Stephen P. Halbrook testified on July 17th before the Senate Judiciary Committee against the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor for Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court...

NRA to score Sotomayor vote The National Rifle Association said Thursday it will count the Senate vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as part of its influential legislative score card on how members of Congress stand on gun rights issues...

Sotomayor hearings: Second Amendment confidential Those watching Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings this week didn't learn much about what she really thinks about judging. But they were treated to an Abbott and Costello legal moment on Thursday between the judge and South Carolina...

Sotomayor ducks questions about gun rights Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor refused on Wednesday to elaborate on her views about firearms regulations and the Second Amendment, saying she would "make no prejudgments" about future firearms related cases...

Sotomayor dodges gun-rights questions For the second day, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor dodged questions about whether she believes the Second Amendment guarantees a fundamental right to keep and bear arms. Judge Sotomayor told senators Wednesday that the US Supreme Court had ruled in...

NRA Growing More Alarmed Over Sotomayor The National Rifle Association (NRA) has questioned Sonia Sotomayor's fitness to serve on the Supreme Court, a troubling sign for the nominee in what has so far been a smooth confirmation hearing. The NRA is considered one of the most powerful lobbies...

Sotomayor and gun rights Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor refused yesterday to say whether or not she believes the Constitution guarantees that Americans can keep and bear arms. http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=12692

Sotomayor, Civil Rights and Guns The right to bear arms is one civil right that must apply to the states. This week the Senate Judiciary Committee has an obligation to find out where Judge Sotomayor truly stands on this right. http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=12691

Hatch Questions Sotomayor on Gun Rights Gun rights haven't been an issue in recent Supreme Court confirmation battles because the Supreme Court hadn't tackled a major Second Amendment case in decades. But that changed with the court's recent decision in the Heller case, finding that the right...

Sotomayor hearings will focus on gun rights Minutes after Monday's hearing wrapped up, the Senate Judiciary Committee's ranking Republican, Jeff Sessions, told reporters that the Second Amendment will be a likely focus when the hearings resume Tuesday. "No surprise attacks," the Alabama senator...

Sotomayor and the Second Amendment Second Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor recently held that the Constitution does not protect the right to keep and bear arms against infringement by state and local governments. Her defenders maintain that she was merely applying settled precedent, which only the...

Gunnies to testify at Sotomayor hearing Several gunnies are going to testify at the Senate Judiciary Committee's confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor next week including former NRA President Sandy Froman, Dr. Stephen Halbrook and Dr. David Kopel so you know the gun issue is going...

Gunnies to testify at Sotomayor hearing Several gunnies are going to testify at the Senate Judiciary Committee's confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor next week including former NRA President Sandy Froman, Dr. Stephen Halbrook and Dr. David Kopel so you know the gun issue is going...

NRA raises concerns over Sotomayor The National Rifle Association said Tuesday that it would actively oppose Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation if she is hostile to senators who press her about gun rights. The letter marks a slight step forward for the group, which has...

Making a stink over Sotomayor There's a stink brewing over the Obamanation's nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to SCOTUS. Chris Cox says NRA has "very serious concerns." Now "a group of 26 conservative leaders of the gun-rights movement have called upon the Senate not to confirm the...