COVER STORY

Sotomayor Squeeze Play Puts GOP On Defense

With his nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to become the Supreme Court's first Hispanic and third female justice, President Obama has pinched Republicans' political options.

by Alexis Simendinger, Kirk Victor, Brian Friel, and Amy Harder

Saturday, May 30, 2009


With his nomination this week of Sonia Sotomayor to become the Supreme Court's first Hispanic and third female justice, President Obama has pinched the GOP's political options. Senators' best openings to vet her may be in the closed-door "courtesy calls."

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