Graham to Support Sotomayor

By on 07/22/2009 @ 05:21 AM

(L-R) Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Sen.Tom Coburn (R-OK) watch as Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor testifies on the third day of confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill July 15, 2009 in Washington, DC.

Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said that he would support the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor as a Supreme Court justice, becoming the fifth Republican to do so. Mr. Graham endorsed Judge Sotomayor just minutes after Jon Kyl of Arizona, the second-ranking Senate Republican, said he would vote against her. Senators Graham and Kyl are members of the Judiciary Committee, which is scheduled to vote on her nomination Tuesday. The Republicans who earlier endorsed Judge Sotomayor are Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine, Mel Martinez of Florida and Richard G. Lugar of Indiana.