Sonia Sotomayor said she would offer a "new voice to the discussion" of whether or not cameras should be allowed in the Supreme Court. "New voices often see new things and consider taking new approaches," she said.

She fell short of explicitly supporting the idea, but her response to a question by Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wisc., suggests she may be open to it. Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa., was the first to bring this issue up Monday.

"I have had positive experiences with cameras," Sotomayor said to Kohl. The Second Circuit has had cameras in its courtroom for quite some time. "When I have been asked to join experiments using cameras in the courtrooms, I have participated. I have volunteered," she added.