Sotomayor: The next battle
Posted: Thursday, July 16, 2009 9:16 AM by Mark Murray
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Congress, Courts
What do you do when the current Supreme Court hearings are lulling the political world to sleep? You write about them in context of the NEXT battle. The New York Times: “After three days of testimony, Judge Sotomayor appeared to have made no major mistakes that would jeopardize her confirmation in a Senate dominated by Democrats. So both sides are trying to use the Judiciary Committee hearings to define the parameters of an acceptable nomination in case another seat opens up during Mr. Obama’s presidency.”
The Hill called it an easy third day for Sotomayor.
Video: NBC's Chuck Todd talks with the Morning Joe crew about where Sonia Sotomayor stands after the first three days of Supreme Court nomination hearings.
The
AP compares Sotomayor's language to Roberts’ and Alito’s during testimony, and finds some similarities.
The
AP also tries to make sense of some of the legalese that's coming from the hearings.
During what the
New York Daily News called a "bizarre day" at the Sotomayor hearing (with a lot of punchy senators), Al Franken, "now the most junior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee -- switched seats with the chairman of the panel because Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy's microphone died. 'I think mine works. I'll change places with you,' Franken offered, drawing laughter. Leahy took him up on the offer. As Franken eased into Leahy's chair, the panel's top Republican, Sen. Jeff Sessions, joked it was 'the quickest rise' in Senate history."