Obama selects Sonia Sotomayor as Supreme Court Nominee
President Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice of the US Supreme Court today, championing her as a compassionate, experienced judge whose against-the-odds life story is in true spirit of the American Dream.
My take is that “Judicial Activism” is in the eye of the beholder. Whether judges vote “For” or “Against” in a certain case, they’re “making” laws one way or another.
If you read about Sotomayor, you see she’s considered highly intelligent and has an incredibly inspirational life story.
The bottom line is that Obama won. And to the victor goes the spoils. POTUS gets to name Supremes – that’s just how it goes. Bush named conservatives like Alito and Roberts, Obama’s going to name left-leaning judges.
The rudderless Republicans, who’ve lost any semblance of credibility on fiscal issues and have moved to such an extreme position on social issues, will probably make a big Federal case out of Sotomayor’s nomination – all for naught, because she’s going to easily win approval – and further alienate Hispanics, who just happen to be the fastest-growing voting bloc. I’m sure Rush, Ann Coulter, Bill O’Reilley, Larry Kudlow and other angry-sounding Republicans will be out in full force….The more they talk, the stronger they make the Democratic Party.
They just don’t get it.