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Sotomayor has Vermont connections

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has a deep Vermont connection. Sotomayor traveled to Vermont in 2007 to attend a memorial at Vermont Law School in South Royalton for her friend, the late Judge James Oakes. 
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Voices in the week’s news: May 29, 2009

Bennington’s Southwestern Vermont Medical Center grappled with a shortfall, Vermonters weighed in on President Obama’s Supreme Court nomination. These were some of the voices in the news this week:

NH’s Shaheen supports Sotomayor

New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen says she looks forward to a fair and swift confirmation for Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court.