... one row behind her in the packed hearing room. Sotomayor spoke after listening for hours as Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee praised her as a pioneer well qualified for the high court and Republicans questioned her impartiality and accused ...

... consideration of a special prosecutor came on the eve of Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor ... administration's conduct in the war on terror, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said ...

... testified Thursday in favor of President Barack Obama's pick for the Supreme Court during hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington. McDaniel had never met Sotomayor but sided with the federal court judge in a case she had ruled ...

... the fashion industry's argument. Not in the least. Her wardrobe, as she sat for her daily grilling by the Senate Judiciary Committee, did not reflect the fashion industry's constant refrain. In fact, it did not even appear to have been ...

... the Center for Reproductive Rights, released a guarded statement this week in which she asked members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to fully "engage" Sotomayor on her "commitment to the principle of Roe vs. Wade" and that "anything less ...

... excellence and, for each case that comes before her, has narrowly applied the law to the facts of the case." The Senate Judiciary Committee is to open hearings Monday on Sotomayor's nomination to replace Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court ...

... McDaniel said the legislation will be co-sponsored by more than half the members of both the House and Senate judiciary committees, which would likely consider the proposal. "I think what we're going to see is quick passage of this legislation ...

... spending has brought out lobbyists by the score. To cite just one example and not a particularly egregious one Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., has called a hearing on using stimulus money to help local law enforcement ...

... working together on a solution for an animal cruelty bill should help the bill make its way through the House and Senate judiciary committees in a timely fashion since there are not competing bills. McDaniel said more than half of the members of the ...

... Advertisement - McDaniel said the proposal already has the support of a majority of both the House and Senate judiciary committees, which would likely consider the measure, and he's already predicting easy passage of the bill. Legislative ...