[Reily]

Sotomayor was on a lower federal court the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit prior to her USSC appointment. I could be wrong on this but I think that lower federal court also requires Senate confirmation for the job? So I guess that's when Santorum could have voted for or against her confirmation. I guess it is claimed he voted for? Don't know can anyone confirm or deny?

Aside: All GOP senators seem to lose their brains when it comes to voting for democrat-chosen supreme court wannabes. They allow utter nincompoops, selectees with utter empty judicial records to slide into the supreme court. Even the great legal liberal Lawrence Tribe thinks Sotomayor is a boob!

[Sal]

KDI1, my apologies. I didn’t know Senators voted on court nominees lower than Supremes. Now I do. Thank you, Reily and SatinDoll.