Video replay: Sotomayor hearing

— -- The Senate Judiciary Committee began hearings Monday on the Supreme Court nomination of Sonia Sotomayor.

President Obama, in a letter to supporters, predicted his nominee will be "a justice who will never forget her humble beginnings." The judge, who grew up in a Bronx public housing project, said she believes her life experiences "enrich" the judiciary but do not alter her interpretation of the law.