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Sotomayor Wins Senate Confirmation

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS
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WASHINGTON (Aug. 6) - Sonia Sotomayor won confirmation Thursday as the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, a history-making Senate vote that capped a summer-long debate heavy with ethnic politics and hints of high court fights to come.
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2009-08-06 06:23:48

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Despite staunch opposition from Republicans who say she\'s a liberal judicial activist, Sonia Sotomayor is poised to become the Supreme Court\'s first Hispanic justice when the Democratic-controlled Senate votes on her confirmation today.