Posts Tagged ‘Sonia Sotomayor’

U.S. Supreme Court upholds key part of Obama health law

by Associated Press Published: June 28,2012

Tags: Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan, healthcare, Medicaid, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Obama, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama’s historic health care overhaul. The decision means the huge overhaul, still only partly in effect, will proceed and pick up momentum over the next several years, affecting the way that countless Americans receive and pay for [...] [...]

Senators to vote ‘no’ on Sotomayor

by MBJ Newswires Published: July 27,2009

Tags: Roger Wicker, Sonia Sotomayor, Thad Cochran, U.S. Supreme Court

Washington — Both of Mississippi’s Republican U.S. senators, Roger Wicker and Thad Cochran, both are opposing Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. In part, Wicker said: “After careful consideration of her record and judicial philosophy, I have concluded I will vote against her nomination. “In refusing to confirm that the Second Amendment [...] [...]

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