Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) has announced that he will vote to confirm Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, the Lincoln Journal Star reports — bringing her one of the last conservative Dem holdouts who hadn’t yet stated a position.
“The record shows she is not an activist,” said Nelson, adding that Sotomayor has “a great respect for the law.”
This means that not only is Sotomayor on track for an easy confirmation, but that the National Rifle Association’s last-ditch effort to demand that Senators vote against her has fallen flat. Pro-gun Democrats from across the country are voting for her, anyway. Nelson had previously indicated that the NRA’s grading would not be a factor: “I’d probably have a good rating regardless.”
