Herb Kohl

Analysis: Sotomayor is no one's clone

By MARK SHERMAN| AP| Special Sections

… before the Supreme Court, from property rights to criminal sentencing. "I don't prejudge issues," she told Sen . Herb Kohl , D-Wis. More than once, she said she sticks closely to the facts in her decisions. The same plain style is evident …

Story|07/15/2009

Exchanges from the Sotomayor confirmation hearing

Special Sections

… I do not permit my sympathies, personal views, or prejudices to influence the outcome of my cases." ___ Sen . Herb Kohl , D-Wis.: "As you know, judge, the landmark case of Griswold v. Connecticut guarantees that there is a fundamental …

Story|07/14/2009

Sotomayor passes on chance to rate justices

Special Sections

… Supreme Court justice or justices she most admires, Sonia Sotomayor took a pass. Answering a question from Wisconsin Democrat Herb Kohl , the 55-year-old Sotomayor declared: "To suggest that I admire one of the sitting Supreme Court justices would suggest …

Story|07/14/2009

Sotomayor pushes back hard on racial bias charges

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS| AP| Special Sections

… came close to saying the issue was settled law _ but stopped short of that flat declaration. Under questioning by Sen . Herb Kohl , D-Wis., Sotomayor did say she considered the existence of a right to privacy _ considered a key precursor of …

Story|07/14/2009

Firefighter Case, 'Wise Latina' Comment Dominate GOP Grilling of Sotomayor

FOXNews.com| Politics

… Democratic presidents and that the Democratic appointees were 13 percent more liberal than Republican appointees." Sen . Herb Kohl , D-Wis., noted that in Sotomayor's 17 years as a trial and appeals court judge, she has rarely been overturned …

Story|07/14/2009

On the Clock: Sotomayor Gets Time to Make Case

FOXNews.com| Politics

… a white male. Senator Session then moved on to discuss the case of case of Ricci vs. Destefano. Sen . Herb Kohl , D-Wis. Senator Herb Kohl only spoke for approximately 10 minutes, leaving the bulk of the time, approximately 17 minutes …

Story|07/14/2009

On the Clock: Sotomayor Gets Time to Make Case

FOXNews.com| Politics

… a white male. Senator Session then moved on to discuss the case of case of Ricci vs. Destefano. Sen . Herb Kohl , D-Wis. Senator Herb Kohl only spoke for approximately 10 minutes, leaving the bulk of the time, approximately 17 minutes …

Story|07/14/2009

Sotomayor confirmation hearing excerpts

Special Sections

… that people struggle with on a daily basis. For justice, after all, may be blind, but it should not be deaf." _ Sen . Herb Kohl , D-Wis. ___ "When it comes to your speeches, that is the most troubling thing to me, because that gives us …

Story|07/13/2009

Verizon and AT&T Deny Collusion on Texting Prices

SciTech

… prices for text messages, saying on Tuesday that prices for most customers had fallen and the market was competitive. Sen . Herb Kohl , chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee's antitrust subcommittee, said he was concerned that the four largest …

Story|06/17/2009

Medical experts want crackdown on drugmaker money

By MATTHEW PERRONE| AP| U.S.

… of Stanford University's psychiatry department stepped down after similar payments came to light. Grassley and Sen . Herb Kohl , D-Wis., are pushing a bill that would require companies to disclose all payments to physicians over $100 …

Story|04/28/2009