Sessions Plans To Vote 'No' Tuesday

WASHINGTON (AP) - The senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary
Committee says he'll vote against Supreme Court nominee Sonia
Sotomayor.
Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions says he doesn't think Sotomayor has
the convictions to resist the pull of judicial activism once she
becomes a justice.
His decision comes the day before the Judiciary panel is to vote
on President Barack Obama's first high court nominee. Sotomayor is
virtually certain to be confirmed by a vote of the full Senate by
the end of next week, becoming the first Hispanic justice.
Most conservative Republicans are lining up against Sotomayor,
but a handful of GOP senators are siding with majority Democrats to
back her.
Sessions announced his decision in an opinion piece in USA
Today.

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