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Update
If you are just tuning in: Judge Sotomayor is done listening to the lectures from her tormentors. She obviously did not have a meltdown or act out her PMS or any number of things Senators routinely seem to expect women to do, so she is going to the Supreme Court.
We are now being entertained by a bunch of folks whose collective testimony can be summarized thusly:
I am never, ever, going to be a supreme court judge. My senator would not give me time of day unless i had bazillion dollars like Mr Moneybags Bloomberg here. But I am going to tell you what I think of a Judge who has spent 17 years in law in the faint hope that somewhere, somehow, my nephew is taping this whole show.
Enjoy!
List of livestreams is available in the Mothership diary. C-SPAN has it and they also provide a link to the Senate Judiciary Committee livestream. Congress Matters has it also. Also check PBS World channel if you don't have cable.
Committee Members
Panel III
Majority Witnesses
Louis Freeh - Former Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chuck Canterbury - National President, Fraternal Order of Police
David Cone - Former Major League Baseball pitcher
Kate Stith - Lafayette S. Foster Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Minority Witnesses
Dr. Charmaine Yoest - Americans United for Life
Sandy Froman, Esq. - Attorney, Gun Rights Advocate, and Former President, National Rifle Association of America
David Kopel, Esq. - Independence Institute
Ilya Somin - Professor, George Mason University School of Law
Panel IV
Majority Witnesses
The Honorable Nydia Velazquez - Chair, Congressional Hispanic Caucus
The Honorable Jose E. Serrano - U.S. House of Representatives [NY-16]
Ramona Romero - National President, Hispanic National Bar Association
Theodore M. Shaw - Professor, Columbia Law School
Minority Witnesses
Tim Jeffries - Founder, P7 Enterprises
Neomi Rao - Professor, George Mason University School of Law
Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz - Professor, Georgetown University School of Law
John McGinnis - Professor, Northwestern University School of Law
Panel V
Majority Witnesses
Michael J. Garcia - Former United States Attorney, Southern District of New York
Patricia Hynes - President, New York City Bar Association
JoAnne A. Epps - Dean, Temple University Beasley School of Law, On behalf of the National Association of Women Lawyers
Minority Witnesses
David Rivkin, Esq. - Partner, Baker Hostetler
Dr. Stephen Halbrook - Attorney
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