“Britain prepares to open first Supreme Court”: The Associated Press has this report.

Programming note: My son and I will be attending the AA 2009 Eastern League All-Star Game at the home of the Trenton Thunder this evening, and pre-game festivities are scheduled to begin mid-afternoon.

You can access a preview of the event at this link; team rosters are available here and here; and the official game notes can be accessed here. Additional blog posts will appear later tonight.

Update: The final score was South All-Stars 5, North All-Stars 3. You can access the box score at this link; a game recap at this link; and article about the game here, here, and here.

“Sotomayor says Obama didn’t ask about abortion”: The Associated Press has this report, along with a report headlined “Sotomayor stands by admission words ‘fell flat.’”

“As part of a series of interviews recorded at the 2009 Aspen Ideas Festival, The Atlantic‘s Bob Cohn sits down with Justice Stephen Breyer to discuss David Souter, the polarization of the Court, and his advice to nominee Sonia Sotomayor.” You can view the interview online by clicking here.

Update: Just a short time ago, that web site also posted online the video of an interview in which “Sandra Day O’Connor talks to Bob Cohn about her 25 years on the Supreme Court and her ‘absolutely miserable’ confirmation hearings.”

Watch day three of the Sotomayor confirmation hearing live, online: Via C-SPAN, you can watch the hearing by clicking here. The hearing is scheduled to resume this morning at 9:30 a.m. eastern time.

“Old Mission, New Life: Randall Terry Wants to Lead Rebirth of Antiabortion Fight.” The Washington Post contains this article today.

“Lab Analyst Decision Complicates Prosecutions; High Court Requires Scientists to Testify”: This front page article appears today in The Washington Post, along with an editorial entitled “Avoiding Paralysis in Court: Virginia and other states should move swiftly to surmount a new hurdle to prosecutions.”

“Hearings Are Window Into Judge’s Acumen”: Adam Liptak has this news analysis today in The New York Times. The newspaper also contains an article headlined “Nominee Says Identity Wouldn’t Distort Decisions” and an op-ed by columnist Maureen Dowd entitled “White Man’s Last Stand.”

Today in The Los Angeles Times, David G. Savage and James Oliphant report that “Sotomayor answers her Senate critics in hearing; The Supreme Court nominee explains the legal bases for her past rulings, reassuring supporters if not winning over conservatives.” In addition, law professor Peter H. Schuck has an op-ed entitled “Court sense: Analyzing justices on ideological grounds is far too simplistic.”

In The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin has an article headlined “Sotomayor Grilled by Panel; High Court Nominee Distances Herself From Obama’s ‘Empathy’ Comments.” Naftali Bendavid has an article headlined “Supreme Strategy: Stick to the Script.” The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled “Defining Activism Down: A liberal vote cast in conservative judicial rhetoric.”

Joan Biskupic and Kathy Kiely of USA Today have articles headlined “Sotomayor pressed on ethnicity and gender; Says judgments not based on ‘personal experiences’” and “Sotomayor skillfully fields Senate panel’s volleys; Republican says nominee ‘very charming.’” The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled “Beyond Sotomayor’s ‘Latina’ gaffe, consider her record.”

The Washington Times reports that “Sotomayor disavows ‘wise Latina’ remark; Republican inquisitors skeptical about her racial impartiality.” And Armstrong Williams has an op-ed entitled “Sotomayor’s nomination doesn’t reflect her past.”

In The Washington Post, columnist Ruth Marcus has an op-ed entitled “A Price for Sotomayor: In the Senate, the Deference Wars Never End.”

David Lightman and Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers report that “Sotomayor explains her ‘wise Latina’ comment.”

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has articles headlined “Sotomayor won’t budge on ‘reverse discrimination’ ruling; The Supreme Court nominee said Tuesday that she had to follow legal precedent; Critics in the Senate sharply disagreed” and “Sotomayor: ‘wise Latina’ a bad choice of words; But during Tuesday’s hearing, the Supreme Court nominee demonstrated a comprehensive understanding of the law and jurisprudence.”

And law.com’s Tony Mauro reports that “During Senate Questioning, Sotomayor Explains Controversial Statements, Defends Rulings.”

“Sotomayor set to return for more senate questions”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

The AP also has articles headlined “Fact check: Sotomayor tied abortion ban, slavery?“;

“Sotomayor is mum on PR statehood vs. independence“;

“Hearings captivate nominee’s former NYC neighbors“;

“Sotomayor questioned about terror suspects“;

“Firefighters’ reaction to Sotomayor mixed“; and

“Sotomayor says foreign law can’t be used.”

“Sotomayor cool under Republican grilling”: Andrew Quinn and James Vicini of Reuters have this report.

“Sotomayor Vows to Value Legal Stability as Trailblazing Justice”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

And Bloomberg News columnist Ann Woolner has an essay entitled “Sotomayor Hearing Exposes a Lie We Should Believe.”

“Cricket, Ivy League classmates startled student Sonia Sotomayor”: CNN.com has this report today.

The two earlier articles in this series were headlined “Sotomayor was schoolgirl with focus, determination, friends say” and “Family hails Sonia Sotomayor’s Puerto Rican roots.”