Sonia Sotomayor, live from Capitol Hill

Source: USA Today

Just a reminder that we'll be live blogging the Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearing this morning. It is scheduled to start at 10 a.m.

Barring an unforeseen revelation, the upcoming sessions before the Senate Judiciary Committee aren't likely to produce drama on the order of the Robert Bork or Clarence Thomas hearings. But it will be interesting to see how Sotomayor handles Republican questions about claims she is a judicial activist.

It will also be interesting to see how far Republicans push their criticism. Do they really want to be seen as attacking the first Latino high court nominee, given the growth of Hispanic voters? Do they have the votes to stop confirmation anyway?

The betting money is that the GOP will use these hearings as a staging ground for future judicial battles. After all, Sotomayor would be replacing Justice David Souter, who often sided with liberals on close cases. So a Justice Sotomayor would not likely change the ideological balance of the court, with its narrow conservative majority led by Chief Justice John Roberts.



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Watching it on Cspan myself.

taking pot shots at Obama. And, whodda thunk, the most rational speech from a Republican so far has been from Graham. Obama won the election and that ought to mean something. WOW!

Since she will get confirmed, I don't know why they are all bloviating.

her face has that expression like WTF are you taking about.

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