On Forum, a look at the upcoming Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor with guest, Vikram Amar, professor of law and associate dean for academic affairs at the UC Davis School of Law. Also, an interview with American Bar Association president H. Thomas Wells to discuss Sotomayor and other legal news. The ABA ranks all nominees for federal judgeships. They unanimously awarded Sotomayor the highest ranking of "well-qualified". The evaluation includes interviews with lawyers who have worked with Sotomayor as well as a thorough reading of her case writings. The three factors the ranking is based on are: integrity, judicial temperment, and professional comptenence. At YMI, we've been following the politics surrounding Sotomayor's nomination as the first Latina to the Supreme Court. YMI commentators have been inspired by the nomination and have written about the general feeling that change has come to America. The confirmation hearings will be aired live on KQED staring Monday. We'll be listening...