WASHINGTON (CNN) -- There are likely to be two hot-button issues in Judge Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court confirmation hearings as senators gauge not only her positions but also some controversial comments she has made.
Issue No. 1: Abortion. It is the traditional hot-button issue in Supreme Court confirmation hearings.
Issue No. 2: Same-sex marriage. Four states -- Connecticut, Iowa, Maine and Massachusetts -- allow same-sex couples to wed. New Hampshire could soon follow with legislation pending before the state Legislature. Vermont has also legalized same-sex marriage.
South Korea and the United States have raised their
defense alert levels on the Korean peninsula, a day after the North
said it was willing to discard the 56-year old armistice that paused
the Korean War. Do you think that the United States should be alarmed?