Cornyn Not Ruling Out Filibuster Against Sotomayor Appearing on ABC’s This Week, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) would not rule out a filibuster against the Sotomayor nomination. “I’m not willing to judge one way or the other, George [Stephanopoulos],” said Cornyn, “because frankly, we need to not prejudge, not pre-confirm, and to give Judge Sotomayor the fair hearing that Miguel Estrada, and, indeed, Clarence Thomas were denied by our friends on the other side of the aisle.”
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