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Washington Post Column Examines Issues Surrounding Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings
"When a Supreme Court nominee such as Judge Sonia Sotomayor comes before the Senate for confirmation, she is promised a full, fair hearing," yet "every nominee"s path is booby-trapped by the history of previous confirmation battles," Washington Post columnist David Broder writes. Broder examines prior confirmation hearings, noting that the "[o]ne thing that may make it harder to forget the partisan and ideological battles of the past is that President Obama found reasons to oppose" Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito while he was in the Senate.During Roberts" confirmation hearing, Obama said that although he was "sorely tempted to vote for Judge Roberts," he had issues with Roberts in cases where "precedent and rules of construction" are insufficient and where justice "can only be determined on the basis of one"s deepest values." Obama added that the rights of women and minorities are dependent on cases in which "the critical ingredient is supplied by what is in the judge"s heart." Obama said Roberts" record on women"s rights and other issues was not strong enough to quell doubts about Roberts" "deepest values."Broder continues, "Based on the Obama precedent, the White House can hardly complain if Republicans push beyond the question of Sotomayor"s qualifications and examine her values -- and her biases." He concludes, "Someday, the Senate may again be satisfied to examine only professional credentials, recognizing the uncertain dynamics of a nine-person bench," but while past precedents survive, "that is not likely" (Broder, Washington Post, 6/4).
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A Bidirectional Relationship Between Chronic Stress And Sleep Problems shown by study
According to a research abstract that will be presented on Wednesday, June 10, at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, people with chronic stress report shorter sleep duration, worse sleep quality, and more daytime functioning impairments. Conversely, daytime functioning impairments and shorter sleep duration demonstrated a predictive relationship with habitual stress complaints.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Votes To Confirm Sotomayor; Full Senate Expected To Vote Next Week

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday voted 13-6 in favor of Judge Sonia Sotomayor"s confirmation to the Supreme Court, the AP/Yahoo! News reports. All Democrats and one Republican -- Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) -- supported the nomination (AP/Yahoo! News, 7/28). The full Senate is expected to vote on the nomination before the August recess, The Hill reports (Rushing, The Hill, 7/27). Sotomayor likely will be confirmed by the full Senate, as almost all Senate Democrats have said they will vote to confirm and Republicans have pledged not to filibuster. In addition to Graham, four other Republicans have said they will support Sotomayor"s confirmation -- Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Richard Lugar (Ind.), Mel Martinez (Fla.) and Olympia Snowe (Maine) (The Hill, 7/27).On Monday, Senate Finance Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) became the latest Republican to say he would vote against Sotomayor. He said, "At her confirmation hearing, ... I was not convinced that Judge Sotomayor understands the rights given to Americans under the Constitution, or that she will refrain from expanding or restricting those rights based on her personal preferences." Grassley added, "There"s no doubt that Judge Sotomayor has the credentials on paper to be a justice on the Supreme Court," but "her nomination hearing left me with more questions than answers about her judicial philosophy, and I cannot support her nomination" (Phillips, "The Caucus," New York Times, 7/27). Graham said, "I don"t know how you could say she"s not qualified for the job; her record is long and deep -- it"s left of center but within the mainstream." He added that "her speeches disturbed me, but I"m not going to make the judgment based on a speech; I"m going to look at her actual record" (Raju, Politico, 7/28).Americans United for Life urged senators to vote against Sotomayor and noted that the group will include the vote in its annual scorecard. The group said that it is concerned she would "undermine any efforts by our elected representatives to pass even the most widely accepted regulations on abortion and circumvent the will of the people" (Hirschfeld Davis, AP/Google, 7/28). Reprinted with kind permission from http://www.nationalpartnership.org. You can view the entire Daily Women"s Health Policy Report, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery here. The Daily Women"s Health Policy Report is a free service of the National Partnership for Women & Families, published by The Advisory Board Company. © 2009 The Advisory Board Company. All rights reserved.


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