• "When Sonia Sotomayor goes before the Senate next month for her Supreme Court confirmation hearing, the questioning is likely to focus on her work as a civil rights advocate in the 1980s as much as on her nearly two decades on the federal bench," the Los Angeles Times reports.

• The New York Times examines some property rights cases that may come up in Sotomayor's confirmation hearings.

• "With less than a month before" the hearings, "the White House is trying to quietly guide what staffers describe as an unusually broad network of law enforcement organizations, liberal allies, legal officials, Latino groups and women's organizations that want to see her confirmed," the Washington Post reports.

• Politico discusses the "dos and don'ts" for a candidate facing the Senate Judiciary panel.

• On Sunday's "Face The Nation," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Republicans are "reserving their right to filibuster" Sotomayor's nomination, The Hill reports.

• NationalJournal.com reports on how the Sotomayor nomination could shed some light on the challenges facing Obama in the next high court vacancy.

Top Commentary

• Jeffrey Deskovic, wrongfully convicted of murder and rape, had an appeal dismissed by Sotomayor and an appellate colleague. He writes in Politico now that "despite Sotomayor's rhetoric, her ruling in my case showed a callous disregard for the real-life implications of her rulings."

• "As the Senate determines whether Judge Sotomayor is qualified to serve on our nation's highest court, I believe it is imperative that we carefully review her record," Sen. David Vitter, R-La., writes in the Washington Times. "Activist judges present a threat not only to our social policy, but also to our economic stability."

• "Unlike" Sotomayor's "majority opinions, her dissents sometimes show flashes of civil-libertarian passion or indignation, even as they remain closely grounded in facts and precedents," The New Republic's Jeffrey Rosen asserts. "Most important, they are substantively bold, staking out unequivocal liberal positions -- from a broad reading of the Americans with Disabilities Act to sympathy for the due-process rights of a mentally ill defendant."

• In Politico, Republican activist and lawyer Michael M. Rosen draws parallels between the Obama White House's "real-world" pitch for Sotomayor and the one George W. Bush gave Harriet Miers.

• "Supreme Court justices are appointed for life, so haste in confirming them is extraordinarily unwise. The breakneck speed with which the White House and Senate Democrats are moving toward Sotomayor's confirmation does a disservice to her, the Senate, the high court and the nation," the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review maintains.