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Just a heads up to readers who will be attending Netroots Nation in Pittsburgh — August 13th through the 16th.

I’ve been asked to participate on a legal panel on Friday afternoon.  It’s scheduled from 2:00 to 3:15 pm ET.

Here’s the description:

After Sotomayor: How Progressives Reshape the Debate Over Our Constitution and the Supreme Court

Just a few months into his first term President Obama has already made a mark on the Supreme Court. What does the confirmation of Judge Sotomayor mean for the Court and its upcoming rulings? Following the first successful judicial confirmation of the Obama Era, how can progressives restore their claim to the text and history of the Constitution? How can the Netroots community help make both judiciary and the Constitution an important issue in progressive politics? How will this summer influence how the Obama Administration invests in future judicial nominations?

It should be a very lively discussion, given that the panel consists of Rep. Jerry Nadler, Nan Aron of Alliance for Justice, Doug Kendall of the Constitutional Accountability Center, and Thomas Sanez of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund. And me. 

Why do I keep hearing that old Sesame Street song "one of these things is not like the others?" (YouTube)

Hope to meet some of you in Pittsburgh!  Talking with FDL readers in person is always the highlight of the whole thing for me.

You can find the full Netroots Nation schedule here (or at least what’s been announced thus far).