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This is the liveblog for the confirmation hearings of Judge Sonia Sotomayor as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Judge Sotomayor is testifying today. The hearings began at 9:30 am EDT. Sen. Cornyn (R-TX) led off the questioning this morning. He was followed by Sen. Cardin (D-MD). As this child diary started, Sen. Coburn (R-OK) was questioning Sotomayor. Sen. Whitehouse (D-RI) has also questioned her. Following a fifteen minute break, Sen. Klobuchar (D-MN) is now up.
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The following are child diaries for today's Sotomayor hearing liveblogging:
1. DenfendOurConstitution
2. GreenSooner (this diary...now closed)
3. DemocraticOz
4. cynic
5. TBD
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Live streams available here:
CNN: Click Here
MSNBC: Click Here
CSPAN-3: Click Here
Senate Judiciary Website: Click Here
Washington Post: Click Here
NY Times Liveblog: Click Here
Air America: Click Here
Huffington Post: Click Here
The Uptake: Click Here
And our own Congress Matters: Click Here
List of Committee Members (those struck out have already had a first round of questions):
Leahy (D-VT)
Sessions (R-AL)
Kohl (D-WI)
Hatch (R-UT)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Grassley (R-NE)
Feingold (D-WI)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Schumer (D-NY)
Graham (R-SC)
Durbin (D-IL)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Cardin (D-MD)
Coburn (R-OK) (this child diary began during his questioning)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kaufman (D-DE)
Specter (D-PA)
Franken (D-MN)
Links to previous day's motherships:
Day 1 Mothership
Day 2 Mothership