President Obama’s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace Supreme Court Justice David Souter puts the judicial-selection ball in the Senate’s court. We can serve America well by focusing on whether she is the kind of justice America needs, in a process that is both thorough and fair. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
Orrin Hatch focuses on the questions we need to be asking when considering Sonia Sotomayor nomination to the Supreme Court . Although Mr. Hatch pointedly avoids answering those questions, he does his readers a great service by defining the questions we each should be asking ourselves.
Sonia Sotomayor's statements, as well as her record, clearly reveal one thing: She places identity politics, based on gender and race, at the forefront of her worldview and her decision-making. I would rather have a Supreme Court Justice who emphasizes JUSTICE and CHARACTER.
In a 2002 speech, she doubted whether judges can transcend their personal sympathies and prejudices “even in most cases” and questioned whether they should do so at all. More »
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