The Rational Hysterics

Slate by Dahlia Lithwick | May. 27, 2009 (Opinion)

Republicans won't beat Sonia Sotomayor by attacking her as too darn human.

Instead of wading into a bruising identity politics war they cannot possibly win, conservatives—even the angriest conservatives—should wade into Sotomayor's vast legal writings. There are hundreds of cases for them to read and parse and quote out of context. Let's have this confirmation battle on the merits, rather than in the sinkhole of unfounded character attacks. The real problem for Sotomayor's opponents is that anyone who has closely read her ... Full Story »

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by Charles McWilliams - May. 28, 2009

The author quotes the judge as saying: "I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life." And then goes on to say that she is only claiming that the decision would be different. Different, perhaps but the judge said better. The author is misdirected and is using poor reasoning.

I think that Sotomayor holds racist and sexist views.