[livius]

She’s been regarded as quite a liberal activist for a long time, and her initial confirmation to Circuit Court judge was held up by the GOPers in the Senate for quite some time after Bill Clinton nominated her.

Santorum was one of the few GOPers who finally joined the Dems in voting to confirm her to Circuit Court in 1999.

[Kaslin]

Actually it was Bush41 who nominated her in 1991 to Circuit Court Judge, not Bill Clinton. He nominated her in 1997 to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Sonia Sotomayor

The vote was taken on October 2, 1998 10:35 AM

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=105&session=2&vote=00295