A record eight Republicans voted to reject Berzon's nomination. Despite his strong opposition to her nomination for nearly a year and a half, Hatch threw his support to Berzon last week. Clinton first nominated Berzon in January 1998 during the 105th Congress and, after she had not been confirmed before adjournment, he renominated her in January of this year. The decisions of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals are reversed by the Supreme Court more often than any other in the nation.
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