“For Sotomayor and Thomas, Paths Fork at Identity”: Sunday’s edition of The New York Times will contain this article. Today’s newspaper, meanwhile, contains an article headlined “Behind Judge’s Spending and Income.”

The Los Angeles Times reports today that “Sotomayor was nudged into judgeship, associates say; Through key recommendations from influential mentors, the Supreme Court nominee built up a civic resume before taking the bench.”

Today in The Wall Street Journal, Naftali Bendavid reports that “Sotomayor Faulted Over Missing Memo.” And yesterday, Jess Bravin and Nathan Koppel had an article headlined “Nominee’s Criminal Rulings Tilt to Right of Souter.”

And Politico.com reports that “Jeff Sessions takes aim at ’empathy standard’” and “Robe factory prepares for new Supreme Court Justice.”

“U.S. May Permit 9/11 Guilty Pleas in Capital Cases”: This front page article appears today in The New York Times.

The Associated Press is reporting: Now available online are articles headlined “Sotomayor’s objectivity on bench is key question“; “Sotomayor’s courtroom manner a confirmation issue“; and “Too early to rule out Sotomayor filibuster.”