The full Republican list, annotated with that person’s special area of interest:

*Linda Chavez, President, Center for Equal Opportunity (labor, affirmative action)
*Sandy Froman, Esq., Former President, National Rifle Association of America (guns)
*Dr. Stephen Halbrook, Attorney (guns)
*Tim Jeffries, Founder, P7 Enterprises
*Peter Kirsanow, Commissioner, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (affirmative action)
*David Kopel, Esq., Independence Institute (guns)
*John McGinnis, Professor, Northwestern University School of Law (affirmative action)
*Neomi Rao, Professor, George Mason University School of Law (Constitutional law)
*Frank Ricci, Director of Fire Services, ConnectiCOSH (Connecticut Council on Occupational Safety and Health) (affirmative action)
*David Rivkin, Esq., Partner, Baker Hostetler (presidential power)
*Nick Rosenkranz, Professor, Georgetown University School of Law (presidential power)
*Ilya Somin, Professor, George Mason University School of Law (Constitutional law)
*Lieutenant Ben Vargas, New Haven Fire Department (affirmative action)
*Dr. Charmaine Yoest, Americans United for Life (pro-life)

The presence of only one pro-life activist on the list is striking.

Ricci’s attorney Karen Torre … appeared on Fox News’ Neil Cavuto with two of the cases other plaintiffs last Friday, but Ricci himself, who declined to comment for this story, was a no-show.

Prior to issuing the statement, Torre told POLITICO that both she and her client felt that print outlets had distorted the facts of the case — though she did not specify which outlets had done so, or when — and that Ricci would not answer questions related to Sotomayor’s nomination.

“We’re not giving interviews regarding anything other than our case, we’re not entertaining questions about anything my client thinks or I think about the nomination,” she said.

This story doesn’t matter quite as much if Torre and Ricci decline Charles Krauthammer’s advice and don’t testify in the Senate hearing against Sotomayor.