in the company of sonia sotomayor in that respect. so it does give her an opportunity to do something that i think her supporters believe makes her an asset. she has a lot of experience as a judge in a lot of different areas. she understands a lot of different aspects of the criminal justice system. and that was very much on display. the fact that senator hawley spent a lot of time on this singular case was probably to no effect. i don't think it really changes the dynamic of her nomination. and, in fact, in all of the questioning that came before it, she had a lot of opportunities to talk about some other cases that senator hawley didn't mention in which she did follow, for example, the prosecutor's guidelines and in other cases as well. >> overall, geoffrey, how has judge jackson handled today's first round of questioning? >> i can't imagine that any votes were changed. that's good news for the judge because in a democratic