- Senator Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Justice Committee, Justice Committee
- Richard Thompson Ford, Stanford Law Professor and author
- Steve Benen, contributing writer for the Washington Monthly and "blogger in chief" of the Monthly's blog, Political Animal
- Kavya Shivashankar, Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner
From the Web:
- Richard Thompson Ford: Bad Test
- Steve Benen: Carl Levin Pushed Back Against Cheney
- Gregory Brothers take on Newt Gingrich Listen to their latest tune!
- Kansas girl wins National Spelling Bee
- Nina Totenberg, legal affairs correspondent for National Public Radio
- Chris Hayes, Washington editor for The Nation
- Scott Mendeloff, a criminal defense attorney and a former federal prosecutor
- Curtis Melvin, PHD Student at George Mason University, creator of North Korean Economy Watch and the "North Korea Uncovered" file
From the Web:
- Nina Totenberg: Few Clues To Sotomayor's Position On Abortion
- Nina Totenberg: How Obama's Nomination Of Sotomayor Unfolded
- The Scalia decision that mentions rewriting state constitutions
- Justice Sam Alito on empathy and judging
- New York Times, July 2, 1991: THE SUPREME COURT; Excerpts From News Conference Announcing Court Nominee (Clarence Thomas)
- Chris Hayes: Bankers' Paradise
- The Maddow Map Room
- I can see Kim Jong Il's house from here! North Korean points of interest mentioned on the 5/28 Rachel Maddow Show
- WSJ: Gulags, Nukes and a Water Slide: Citizen Spies Lift North Korea's Veil - If you don't feel like tinkering with mapping software, The Wall Street Journal offers a story and slide shows.
- Download North Korea Uncovered from North Korea Economy Watch - Note: North Korea Uncovered is a KMZ file that requires Google Earth to render.
- Yes, Betty has a blog.
- Rod and Patti Blagojevich List D.C. Condo
- Mark McKinnon, former media adviser for President George W. Bush. He most recently served as an adviser for Senator John McCain. And he's now a contributor to "The Daily Beast."
- Thomas Goldstein, SCOTUSblog.com
- Newsweek's Jonathan Alter
- Ana Marie Cox, national correspondent for Air America and contributor to the Daily Beast.com
From the Web:
- I can see Kim Jong Il's house from here!
- Thomas Goldstein: The dynamic of the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor
- SCOTUSblog: Gay marriage: A path to the court?
- Mark McKinnon: The GOP's suicide mission
- Mark McKinnon: Lay off, Republicans
- The Inside Story with Ana Marie Cox
- Ferris Beuller house for sale
- Senator Barbara Boxer
- Dahlia Lithwick, Slate.com
- Senator Byron Dorgan
- Eugene Robinson, columnist, Washington Post
From the Web:
- Talking Points Memo: White House Armed With Talking Points For Sotomayor Fight--Evoke Her 'Empathy'
- Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer on California Supreme Court Decision
- The not very liberal-sounding dissent by Judge Sotomayor referenced on the air by Rachel: 209 F.3d 200 (2nd Cir. 2000)
- Speech discussed by Rachel Maddow and Gene Robinson on tonight's show: "A Latina Judge's Voice" By Sonia Sotomayor
- World Beard and Moustache Championships
- Dahlia Lithwick: Republicans won't beat Sonia Sotomayor by attacking her as too darn human.
- Dahlia Lithwick: Wanted: a visionary minimalist for the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Dahlia Lithwick: The GOP's misguided and confused campaign against judicial empathy
- Dahlia Lithwick: What do we mean when we say we need more female justices?
- Eugene Robinson: Sotomayor, North Korea, Obama World or Cheney World, More
