Sotomayor Wins U.S. Supreme Court Confirmation

Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in white, poses for photographs at the federal courthouse in New York City after being confirmed by the Senate as the nation’s first Hispanic U.S. Supreme Court justice. She was set to be sworn in Aug. 8.
—Rick Kopstein/New York Law Journal/AP

Education issues came up in hearings

By Erik W. Robelen

After confirmation hearings in mid-July that touched only lightly on education, Judge Sonia Sotomayor is heading to the U.S. Supreme Court in time for the term that formally opens in October, after winning approval last week by...

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