Wednesday, July 15, 2009 9:30 AM
Coverage And Commentary Online: Day Three
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, will start off day three of Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearing.
Eight senators, including Cornyn, are still left to go in the first round of questioning, during which each lawmaker receives 30 minutes. Oklahoma's Tom Coburn is the only other Republican remaining, along with Democrats Benjamin Cardin of Maryland, Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Ted Kaufman of Delaware, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania and Al Franken of Minnesota.
Specter and Franken should be particularly interesting to watch considering the former's recent party switch and the latter's scant time as a senator.
As is customary in Supreme Court confirmation hearings, the Senate Judiciary Committee will break for a brief closed session to discuss with Sotomayor her FBI check. The open hearings will resume after that, when senators will get a second round of questions, this time for 20 minutes each.
We've rounded up some minute-by-minute coverage and commentary:
• C-SPAN is live-streaming the hearings and providing constant live TV coverage.
• The New York Times is live-blogging the hearings at its Caucus blog.
• ABC News is offering live video coverage and periodic commentary by legal correspondent Jan Crawford Greenburg on the blog Legalities.
• PBS is covering the hearings live and also providing streaming video. National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle will provide legal analysis.
• The Washington Post has live video coverage and commentary from its correspondents.
• SCOTUSblog is live-blogging.
• The Federalist Society is hosting an ongoing debate this week among prominent legal experts, including Tom Goldstein, founder of SCOTUSblog and Supreme Court litigator at Akin Gump, and Wendy Long, general counsel of the Judicial Confirmation Network.
• The American Constitution Society is hosting an online symposium of legal experts and law professors about the hearings.


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