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Sotomayor Hearing: Day Two, Part 2

(Most posts are from reporters that are live microblogging the hearing. Also I’ve mixed in some trusted commentators.)
cbsandrewcohen: Kohl (D) notes that Sotomayor’s low reversal record suggests she is faithful to precedent.
cbsandrewcohen: Soto: “I don’t prejudge cases.” That’s going to be one of the headlines this morning.
cbsandrewcohen: Soto on Roe v. Wade: The Casey case [...]

Statement of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Nominee for Secretary of State

Hillary Rodham Clinton, President-Elect Barack Obama’s designee to be Secretary of State Senator, met with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today for her confirmation hearing. She released the following statement at the hearing today:
The full text as prepared is below:

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Clinton Statements At The Confirmation Hearing

John Kerry, D-Ma, incoming chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations committee,  lead it’s one day confirmation hearing for Senator Clinton as Secretary of State-elect.  Senator Kerry did a masterful job of conducting the hearing.
Senator Clinton likewise, in my judgment, showed a depth of knowledge, the ability to defend against attacks which came from two Senators [...]

Roberts = Secrets

Short of that, how about the White House quit stalling and stonewalling the release of Robert’s opinions and briefs for the 16 cases that deal specifically with constitutional law while he was the Principal Deputy Solicitor General, a position, that Senator Kennedy reminds is, is to serve the people, not any specific administrion.