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Legal bloggers are abuzz about Sen. Arlen Specter’s (D-Pa.) swipe at Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts in an exacting letter (pdf) Specter sent to nominee Sonia Sotomayor earlier this week about the kind of questions he plans to ask at her confirmation hearing.
As Rick Hasen of Election Law Blog writes: “Though the letter is [...]

The Associated Press, NBC News and The Washington Post are reporting that President Obama will announce this morning that federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor is his choice to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter. If confirmed, Sotomayor will be the first Hispanic high court justice in history. Obama is expected to make the [...]

The nomination of Elena Kagan, President Obama’s nominee for solicitor general — the government’s top legal representative in cases before the Supreme Court — is now being debated on the Senate floor. The Senate is expected to vote on the nomination by the end of today.
Despite some tough questioning about past experience and legal positions [...]