Sotomayor faces friendly jury as hearings begin

[WillieW]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090713/ap_on_go_su_co/us_sotomayor_senate

By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer Mark Sherman, Associated Press Writer – 42 mins ago
WASHINGTON – Sonia Sotomayor has decided advantages as she begins the most important trial of her long legal career, a nationally televised consideration of her nomination to be the first Hispanic and just the third woman on the Supreme Court.

Beginning Monday, she will tell her compelling up-from-poverty personal story to a jury tilted strongly in her favor — Democrats hold a comfortable majority on the Senate Judiciary Committee and a filibuster-resistant 60 votes in the Senate.

Still, Republicans signaled that they will press the 55-year-old New Yorker and veteran federal judge to explain past rulings involving discrimination complaints and gun rights, as well as comments that they say raise doubts about Sotomayor's ability to judge cases fairly.

The sharpest comments about her so far came Sunday from Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the senior Republican on the committee


I guess she is a shoe-in

[11 Bravo]

1. Yeah, Jimmy Jeff Sessions will say, "Now c'mere and have a seat li'l beaner gal."

Can't get much friendlier than that.

[polichick]

2. LOL