Sotomayor confirmation hearing liveblog – Day 4, Part 3
1:30pm – Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee has concluded. But wait, there’s more! The committee is scheduled to hear testimony from more than 30 witnesses, including New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York District Attorney Robert Morganthau, and former MLB pitcher David Cone, Frank Ricci, plaintiff in the now infamous New Haven firefighters’ case, Peter Kirsanow, former NLRB board member and current member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and former NRA president Sandy Froman.
The liveblog will continue when the action does. Hit ‘refresh’ for the latest.
1:40pm – The first witnesses to testify will be the ABA’s Standing Committee Chair Kim Askew and the group’s primary reviewer Mary Boies. Sen. Whitehouse will chair the meeting when it resumes. Judge Sotomayor has left the hearing room.
1:41pm – The liveblog will continue, but it’ll undoubtedly slow down a bit for the witnesses. We’ll chime in with noteworthy stuff. The committee has just gaveled back in.
1:44pm – Askew is explaining how the group came to give Sotomayor its highest ranking.
2:16pm – The next panel of witnesses is up. The full witness list can be found here. Two of the biggest names on the list – New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York District Attorney Robert Morgenthau – are en route to the hearing, and are reportedly about 5 minutes away, according to Sen. Whitehouse. They will testify in support of Sotomayor. We’ll bring you the highlights when they do.
2:28pm – Sen. Schumer is introducing Mayor Bloomberg and DA Morgenthau now. Bloomberg is up first.
2:31pm - We’re going to wrap up the hearing liveblog, but will continue covering the hearing in blog posts throughout the rest of the hearing. Stay tuned to DC Dicta for the latest!
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