Legal Beat

In an interview this morning on NBC's "Today" show, retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is in for a bumpy ride in the Senate for the next several weeks.

It's a miserable process," said O'Connor, who was the first woman nominated to the court, and the first nominee whose Senate Judiciary confirmation hearing was televised. "I wish her well."

O'Connor said Sotomayor is in for "a lot of tough questioning by the committee."

O'Connor made it clear she is happy about the prospect of Sotomayor joining Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the only other female justice ever to serve on the court.

"Well, of course I'm pleased that we will have another woman on the court," O'Connor said. "I do think its important not to just have one."