WASHINGTON — The Senate held a history-making debate Tuesday on confirming Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic justice, with Republican opponents asserting she would bring bias to the bench and Democratic supporters saying she was a mainstream moderate.
There was little doubt that President Barack Obama’s first high court nominee would be confirmed with bipartisan support as early as Thursday, but senators lined up to weigh in on her fitness for the bench anyway, with an eye toward the Hispanic electorate and perhaps the next Supreme Court battle.
Nearly three-quarters of GOP senators have lined up against Sotomayor, but a handful support her.
Democrats are preparing to claim a big victory with Sotomayor’s confirmation. They planned a midday rally today on Capitol Hill with civil rights, minority and women’s groups.
by the associated press
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