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Environmentalists Signal Support for Sotomayor:
Millions of members represented by 60 groups favoring High Court nominee (07/09/09)

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Editorials and Opinion

Matheson on merits (Salt Lake Tribune, 03/18/10)

Former Bush-appointed judge definitively debunks Matheson smear (Media Matters for America, 03/18/10)

Judicial nominees: 2012 and beyond? (Charleston Gazette (WV), 03/18/10)

Chief Justice’s partisanship weakens U.S. Supreme Court (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 03/17/10)

Unprecedented and Inexcusable Obstructionism (Huffington Post, 03/17/10)

More Editorials and Opinion

Nominees

Scott Matheson, Jr.
Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
Nominated 03/03/10

Goodwin Liu
Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
Nominated 02/24/10

Edward Chen: N.D. Ca.

Nominated 08/07/09

More Nominees

Overview of Nominees (PDF)

Issues

Creating New Judgeships
Pending legislation to help reduce backlogs in the nation’s district and circuit courts by authorizing additional permanent and temporary judgeships.

Federal preemption/ corporate immunity from damage claims

Access to Courts
Citizen access to the courts ensures that essential legal safeguards for people and the environment are upheld and enforced.

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Environmentalists Signal Support for Sotomayor:Millions of members represented by 60 groups favoring High Court nominee (07/09/09)

Environmentalists Signal Support for Sotomayor:
Millions of members represented by 60 groups favoring High Court nominee (07/09/09)