Flags of caution over Sotomayor
At first blush, it appears that President Obama has honored his campaign pledge to nominate judges based on their ability to empathize with the downtrodden. The question now, for the Senate, is to determine whether the empathic skills of his first nominee to the high Court, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, would enhance the court's ability to faithfully apply the law or would instead amount to an impermissible thumb on the scales of justice. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins



The writer is head of an ultra conservative foundation along with Board of Advisor Chairman Edwin Meese III, so his oposition to Sotomayor's judicial philosophy should be seen as a badge of honor.