Supreme Court: Some Republican senators made acceptable noises against Judge Sonia Sotomayor on her first day of confirmation hearings. But stopping her will take a lot more. They must expose her extremism.

Some quotes from witnesses in the confirmation hearings for Sonia Sotomayor. Some quotes from witnesses at the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court:

A guide to head-scratching lingo in Sotomayor's Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Not everyone participating in Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court confirmation hearing is a lawyer, so the terms flying back and forth can get baffling.

A look at how Sotomayor stands on some issues. Sonia Sotomayor's rulings and writings on some issues in which she has refused to spell out her views during questioning by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee:

FACT CHECK: Did Sotomayor really compare abortion to slavery in legal briefs?. Abortion opponents saw their issue take center stage when Sen. Lindsey Graham questioned Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor about her 12-year tenure with the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund.

WASHINGTON - When hearings begin today on the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the US Supreme Court, Republicans on the Senate committee plan to portray her as apart from the mainstream on racial issues - a strategy intended to send a message to President Obama in deciding future nominations: Think twice before picking a liberal. GOP spokesmen acknowledge, some openly, that they are unlikely to derail Sotomayor's nomination, so they are instead looking ahead to the appointment battles to follow. ``We could be at a legal crossroads,'' said Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee. If Obama nominates judges who lean to the left despite ``the objective standards of the law,'' Sessions said, ``the entire federal judiciary could be altered over the years. The American people are concerned about this.'' Republicans, still stinging from Democrats' ability to block many of President George W. Bush's nominees to lower courts on ideological grounds, need to

NYC Hispanic rights group's links to Sotomayor fodder for GOP criticism before hearings. Cesar Perales has fought his share of critics over the years, in legal battles for minorities denied jobs, bilingual classes in schools and more Latino police officers.

Sotomayor's Puerto Rico relatives hope to attend her confirmation hearings for high court. Puerto Rican relatives of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor ? the New York-born federal appeals judge who is vying to be the first Hispanic justice on the high court ? hope to attend her confirmation hearings in Washington.

Top Republican: Senators to ask Sotomayor whether she would inject racial bias into decisions. A top Republican senator said Monday that he wants to find out whether Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor would let racial bias affect her decisions as a justice.

Analysis: Republicans, outnumbered and politically wary, lack cohesive opposition to Sotomayor. A week before her Senate hearings, Republicans are floundering in their efforts to trip up Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, unable to find an effective message about why she's not fit to serve.

Analysis: Republicans, outnumbered and politically wary, lack cohesive opposition to Sotomayor. A week before her Senate hearings, Republicans are floundering in their efforts to trip up Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, unable to find an effective message about why she's not fit to serve.

Civil rights group Sotomayor advised sued in case similar to firefighters' job test dispute. A civil rights group on whose board Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor served filed racial bias lawsuits over employment examinations that resemble a Connecticut case in which she ruled against white firefighters, documents released by the Senate show.

Civil rights group Sotomayor advised sued in case similar to firefighters' job test dispute. A civil rights group on whose board Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor served filed racial bias lawsuits over employment examinations that resemble a Connecticut case in which she ruled against white firefighters, documents released by the Senate show.

Civil rights group Sotomayor advised brought case similar to Connecticut firefighters' dispute. A civil rights group advised by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor in the 1980s brought several discrimination lawsuits that sought to scrap the results of job tests because too few Hispanics scored well, according to new documents that are fueling GOP criticism of the judge.

Republican leader says Senate needs time to review additional records from Sotomayor's career. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Sunday the committee preparing for hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor needs time to review 300 boxes of records that recently turned up in connection with her work for a legal advocacy group.

Republicans wonder aloud whether Sotomayor would uphold rights to bear arms, equal treatment. Senate Republicans on Tuesday unveiled a new narrative ahead of Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings, questioning her commitment to constitutional guarantees on the right to keep and bear arms and equal treatment under the law regardless of race or gender.

Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor quits all-women's club after GOP criticism. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor resigned Friday from an elite all-women's club after Republicans questioned her participation in it. Sotomayor said she resigned from the Belizean Grove to prevent the issue from becoming a distraction in her confirmation hearings.

Republican says Sotomayor must tell Americans whether she'll be a justice for all or just some. A GOP senator said Thursday he will use hearings on Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court to ask whether she intends to be a justice "for all of us, or just for some of us."

Top Republican warns of 'consequences' if Democrats push too-swift confirmation of Sotomayor. Republicans accused Democrats Wednesday of moving too hastily on Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination, warning that the decision could imperil her confirmation as they pressed the judge for more documents from her past.

Top Republican warns of 'consequences' if Democrats push too-swift confirmation of Sotomayor. Republicans accused Democrats Wednesday of moving too hastily on Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination, warning that the decision could imperil her confirmation as they pressed the judge for more documents from her past. The top Senate Republican blasted Democrats' decision to schedule mid-July hearings for Sotomayor's confirmation, while another senior GOP senator floated the possibility of a filibuster by angry Republicans against President Barack Obama's first high court nominee.