Michael Bloomberg, Frank Ricci to Testify at Sotomayor Hearings

We have the witness list for the Sonia Sotomayor hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee, and a few names will ring a bell with people. Testifying for the majority, and presumably providing a favorable view of the judge, will be New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former Major League Baseball pitcher David Cone, Louis Freeh, former Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Congressman Jose Serrano and Rep. Nydia Velázquez, Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

Testifying for the minority, meaning they'll give information that Republicans want public, will be Frank Ricci, the plaintiff in the firefighters' reverse discrimination case that the Supreme Court recently overturned, and Linda Chavez, the nominee for Secretary of Labor under George W. Bush who withdrew her name in the face of a difficult nomination hearing.

The hearings begin Monday at 10 a.m. EST, and will likely last all week.

Here are the rest of the witnesses...

American Bar Association Witnesses:
Kim Askew, Chair of Standing Committee
Mary Boies, Primary Reviewer

Majority Witnesses:
Chuck Canterbury, National President, Fraternal Order of Police
JoAnne A. Epps, Dean, Temple University Beasley School of Law, on behalf of the National Association of Women Lawyers
Michael J. Garcia, former U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York
Wade Henderson, President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Patricia Hynes, President, New York City Bar Association
Dustin McDaniel, Attorney General, State of Arkansas
Robert Morgenthau, former District Attorney, New York County, New York
Ramona Romero, National President, Hispanic National Bar Association
Theodore M. Shaw, Professor, Columbia Law School
Kate Stith, Lafayette S. Foster Professor of Law, Yale Law School

Minority Witnesses:

Sandy Froman, Esq., Former President, National Rifle Association of America
Dr. Stephen Halbrook, Attorney
Tim Jeffries, Founder, P7 Enterprises
Peter Kirsanow, Commissioner, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
David Kopel, Esq., Independence Institute
John McGinnis, Professor, Northwestern University School of Law
Neomi Rao, Professor, George Mason University School of Law
David Rivkin, Esq., Partner, Baker Hostetler
Nick Rosenkranz, Professor, Georgetown University School of Law
Ilya Somin, Professor, George Mason University School of Law
Lieutenant Ben Vargas, New Haven Fire Department
Dr. Charmaine Yoest, Americans United for Life