. >> next, we talk to the newest supreme court justice, sonya sotomayor. her interviews followed by one with the first woman to serve on the accord, former justice sandra day o'connor. >> the moment that i sat down and was able to see the people in the audience, that is what i will intensely remember. there were lawyers that i knew sitting at the table in front of us ready to argue. watching the intensity of everyone's face -- i had forgotten how much people believe and know that they are affected by the court's decision and you see the anticipation. i can actually say that it is pleasurable. you know in people's faces their concerns. clearly, i knew, besides some part is that people in the room or inwere in, there were peopleo were there. you understand the voices that they are giving you. but when you see their faces, it reinforces that importance in a way that no thing else can. then there is absolute fear. you do not know what it is like to sit with eight other colleagues. when i was on the circuit court, that was one thing. but to sit on the supreme c

. >> judge sotomayor are you ready to take the vote? >> i am. >> i sonyalemnly swear. >> i, sonya sotomayor, do solemnly swear. >> and a new justice can change things, tip the balance, change the votes in a case. that's the most substantive thing that a new justice can do. it also changes the personal dynamic among the nine. imagine any kind of group, a group of nine, everyone sort of rearranged slightly to accommodate the personality, approach to the law, and how they do business. >> byron white used to say each new justice changes the whole court. i think what he meant by that was that because it's a court the of nine very, very particular kind of individuals there is a dynamic that develops in the group of nine. and the new justice can change that dynamic. it can come in with a kind of a different attitude, a different approach. i remember, as a matter of fact, justice harry blackman said to me at one point, and he is really quite resentment about justice o'connor. that women came here with an agenda, and she needs to carry it out. he is unhappy with he

when sonya so the mayor -- sonia sotomayor was nominated to the supreme court, i said you could makee a superb supreme court justice, and you could make a very good, valid argument about why she should not be on the supreme court. there were arguments to be made both ways, and when the vote came, here were the republicans on one side and the democrats on the other side. how is it possible that in and diverse nation with members of the legislative branch coming from many different states with different outlooks, that not one single democrat was bothered either by the firefighters decision or by the latina comment and that all republicans, despite the fact that she had ruled consistently in keeping with the constitution, which is republicans -- what republicans have always said they want a judge to do. the republicans were against her. what is happening here as happens with one issue after another, is each party gets a position. each party takes a stand, and it becomes what is going to help us prevail in the next election, and in case we're going to write a book soon, my suggestion is