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  1. Did Jeff Sessions really just embarrass his OWN firefighter witnesses?
  2. Sessions: The problem, Judge Sotomayor, is your speeches, not your (hundreds of) rulings. So is that enough to vote against her?
  3. Sen. Schumer on the latest Supreme Court outrage: Scalia cites the dictionary too often!
  4. Best decision so far of Obama's presidency: having Sotomayor's hearings now. These hearings were definitely not worth waiting for.
  5. Key question from Sen. Feingold (D-Wisc.): How can we be sure that Sotomayor, a Yankees fan, will be fair to Brewers fans?
  6. Maybe SS can win Grassley's vote by laughing at his dumb joke?
  7. Finally, Orrin Hatch succeeds in getting Sonia Sotomayor to address the major constitutional issue of our era: nunchucks.
  8. Rule for prospective justices: If a non-lawyer can understand the question, don't answer.
  9. Judging by Dragnet: "just the facts and the law, ma'am."
  10. Sotomayor cites Cardozo as her favorite judge. The wise Latina admires the wise Latino?
  11. Sotomayor's wise Latina comment all about context--to inspire young women & Hispanic lawyers & students. Why didn't WH say that from start?
  12. Good morning! We'll be live-Twittering from the Sotomayor confirmation hearings today, so stay tuned.
  13. Norma McCorvey aka Jane Roe (of Roe v. Wade) screams at Sotomayor, gets kicked out: http://tr.im/sbqe
  14. Did Sotomayor say enough in her intro? Smart to be short, or should she have gone on the offensive more?
  15. Interactive graph of life expectancy and economic growth over time: http://tr.im/s9VR
  16. Sarah Palin's heavy breathing: http://tr.im/s9gG
  17. We’ll be Twittering on the Sotomayor confirmation hearings today, so keep watching for our live thoughts.
  18. Slate will be live-tweeting Sotomayor's confirmation hearings this week. Keep watching
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  20. WH press corps trades BBQ for silence! http://tr.im/rJRU