WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee questioning of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor ended yesterday on a friendly note, with Republicans joining Democrats in praising her demeanor and thoughtfulness, even as GOP senators expressed frustration that she had not fully answered their concerns.
“You’ve been great during this process,” Senator Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, told the 55-year-old judge from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, appointed by President Barack Obama to replace retired Justice David Souter.
