Sonia Sotomayor and the Perry Mason Connection

When Judge Sonia Sotomayor faces the Senate Judiciary Committee, Nancy Drew is unlikely to be on the agenda. But President Obama mentioned her yesterday when he announced his first Supreme Court nomination. What the President didn't say was that Sonia Sotomayor switched her interest — and her ambitions — from Nancy Drew to Perry Mason. Roger Catlin is TV critic for the Hartford Courant.