Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is currently taking questions from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which she's scheduled to do for the remainder of the day. Each committee member gets 30 minutes.

Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) kicked things off at 9:30 a.m., giving Sotomayor an opportunity to speak about the issues she's been criticized for the most -- her decision in the Ricci v. DeStefano case and her "wise latina" remark.

Ranking Member Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is now pressing Sotomayor on whether or not she looks at each case with impartiality -- which he says would be at odds with "seven speeches" she gave. Judges need to "put aside their personal biases and make sure that person gets a fair day in court," he said.

"It's clearly not what I do as judge. It's clearly not what I intended," Sotomayor said. The speeches were "meant to inspire young Hispanic students and lawyers that their experiences" could help them in their careers.

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