Elections have consequences. The winner picks the judges and I'm OK with that.
We expect a left of center president to nominate a liberal judge.
I am OK with that, too!
Also, we are naturally happy that a Hispanic woman has made her way to the Supreme Court.
So far, so good.
However, Sonia Sotomayor is a lot more than a liberal. She has a reputation for judicial activism, or empathy as they call it these days!
We don't like judicial activists. They betray the US Constitution.
In my view, judicial activists should take off their robes and run for the legislature.
Let's say it again: Judges don't make law. Legislators make laws and judges interpret them.
Let's give Sotomayor a chance to get to the confirmation hearings.
Let's treat with respect.
Let's avoid the immaturity that the Dems exhibited during the Roberts and Alito hearings a few years ago.
Last, but not least, let's hope that Senator Sessions and Senator Cornyn, two of our best legal minds, ask her some probing questions.
Naomi Rao has some great questions for Sotomayor. I like this one:
"What matters most, the law or the result?
Or put another way, when the law requires a result that you don't like, what do you do?"
This is what scares me most about Sotomayor and modern liberals. They want to use the courts to get what they can't get through the ballot box.
This is the controversial video going around about Sotomayor. This is a very troubling statement and we need to hear a clarification:
