1.0 link 235154 <![CDATA[Sotomayor Hearings (VIDEO, UPDATES): Day 4]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/16/sotomayor-hearings-video_n_235154.html Judge Sonia Sotomayor appeared Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the fourth day of her Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Our full liveblog of the day's events is below.

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Sotomayor on her way; GOP pledges quick court vote. Sonia Sotomayor sped toward confirmation as the nation's first Hispanic justice Thursday, encouraged by Republican promises of a quick vote and cheered on by a Democratic senator's challenge to take on the Supreme Court's conservative wing when she arrives.

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