52 seconds ago 2009-12-15T18:59:22-08:00
Will "wise Latina" be the words of the day? They only came up four times yesterday but expect GOP Senators to use Sotomayor's words against her today.
AP's Larry Neumeister, who covers federal courts in New York and has been in Sotomayor's courtroom many times, wrote about Sotomayor's emotionless manner during the hearing. He said it was very similar to how she listens from the bench.
"Maintaining that calm demeanor might be a tougher challenge Tuesday and Wednesday for a judge used to being the questioner, the power figure in control of the room, when the questions are being fired at her from senators holding the power to give her a lifetime appointment to the high court," Neumeister writes.
Still, is this about Sotomayor or Alito? Old arguments never die, AP Special Correspondent David Espo writes in an analysis. But old senators do turn junior. AP Supreme Court reporter Jesse J. Holland, our man in the hearing today, writes that "Snarlin' Arlen" showed his seniority in a junior post.
