Yum & Yuk

I'm not entirely convinced of Sonia Sotomayor's excellence (it seems to me that Obama had some more exciting and intellectually accomplished nominees to choose from), but the media coverage of her nomination has been fascinating.  When I read it this morning I thought this excerpt from an interview with Judge Calebresi (who has known Sotomayor since she was a first-year law student in his torts class and has served with her on the 2nd Circuit for 12 years) was interesting:

LAW TRIBUNE: People have criticized Judge Sotomayor as being brusque.

CALABRESI: When she first came on, there were some lawyers who said that about her manner on the bench. I started keeping track of what she was saying and what my male colleagues were saying. [What they were saying] was identical. There are some lawyers who don't like to be questioned hard by a woman. It's just as simple as that. It's a sign that Sonia will just be herself.

It's nice to see someone as established as Calabresi observing the obvious sexism still rampant in the legal world.  I'll definitely be tuned in for the entirety of the nomination process.