Sotomayor hearing has winners, losers; some both won and lost

Judge Sonia Sotomayor is likely headed to the Supreme Court, but not unscathed. A Republican inquisitor at her confirmation hearings, Sen. Jeff Sessions, took advantage of the national spotlight but got singed by it, too. There are political winners and losers in every nomination fight, and some people, like Sotomayor and Sessions, know both gain and pain.

Supreme Court confirmation in sight, Sotomayor deflects questions on abortion, gun rights

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor determinedly sidestepped volleys of Republican questions on abortion and gun rights Wednesday, keeping her demeanor cool and her opinions mostly private as she neared the end of a marathon Senate grilling on the road to all but sure confirmation.

Despite her rigorous caution, richer portrait of Sotomayor emerges in Supreme Court hearings

WASHINGTON — From her early days as a lawyer, Sonia Sotomayor never was content to be what she calls the “fifth guy on the totem pole.”

Sotomayor declines to give views on abortion, says Obama didn’t ask before Supreme Court pick

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor declined repeatedly at Senate confirmation hearings Wednesday to disclose her views on abortion rights and said President Barack Obama never asked her before he chose her for the bench.

A look at some of the question and answer exchanges in Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearing

A look at some exchanges during the fourth day of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearings on the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor:

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