In his press briefing today, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said he doesn't believe the reversal of Sonia Sotomayor's decision in the New Haven firefighters case will hurt her chances of getting confirmed to the Supreme Court.

"I don't foresee that this will represent anything that will prevent her from a seat on the Supreme Court," he told reporters.

Gibbs said the decision was "a fairly definitive opinion that she follows judicial precedent and that she doesn't legislate from the bench." He went on to chide her critics for warning she would be an activist judge, saying today's majority opinion is a "new interpretation" of Title VII.