Civil Rights Coalition Applauds Senate Judiciary Committee Vote Recommending Confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court

“Today’s vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee to recommend confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court is a significant milestone in our country’s journey toward providing equal justice under the law.

Judge Sotomayor has distinguished herself in every step of her life and legal career, including work as a prosecutor, a corporate litigator and a federal district and appellate judge. Her testimony before the Committee left no doubt about her qualifications for the court as she demonstrated a keen intellectual ability, a first-rate professionalism, and a degree of common sense that reflects the trail she has blazed as a Latina and first-generation American.  The lessons that Judge Sotomayor has learned in her life will serve her and our country well in the years ahead.

Judge Sotomayor will make an outstanding addition to the Supreme Court and the Leadership Conference urges the full Senate to confirm her without delay.”