WASHINGTON, June 9 (UPI) -- The confirmation hearing for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor will begin July 13, Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said Tuesday.
"This is a schedule that tracks the process the Senate followed by bipartisan agreement in considering President Bush's nomination of John Roberts to the Supreme Court in 2005," Leahy said during Senate floor remarks. "If 48 days were sufficient to prepare for that hearing, in accordance with our agreement and the initial schedule, it is certainly adequate time to prepare for the confirmation hearing for Judge Sotomayor."