Sotomayor's Solo Appearance

Sotomayor's Nose Grows Longer. Powerline. Video here. Eva Rodriguez, WaPo on Sotomayor's backpedalling. And when it's too difficult to dissemble? Sotomayor's Silence in this clip: Sotomayor misstates Kelo. The Volokh Conspiracy. How about just the facts and the law, ma'am? Bench Memos:

...but no one contends that Sotomayor indulges her empathies in every case in applying the law to the facts. The big problem is that, if and when she is no longer constrained by precedent, she will be free to indulge her empathies in determining what the law means.

More: Sen. Lindsey Graham's careful questioning.