On Tuesday (July 14, 2009), the Senate Judiciary Committee met to review the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor as the next Justice to the Supreme Court. The most effective examination of her record was by Lindsey Graham (R-SC), which has been captured on You Tube in four parts: Graham vs. Sotomayor (Part 1); Graham vs. Sotomayor (Part 2); Graham vs. Sotomayor (Part 3); Graham vs. Sotomayor (Part 4) . If you are concerned about the direction of the country and what this nomination could mean to our constitutional form of government, this is a must watch.
If one examines Sotomayor's judicial record, you will find one that most have characterized as left of center, but within mainstream thinking. But, if you look beyond this record to her character and ideology, as documented by her associations, her evaluation by peers, and her speeches over years, you see a different person. My take away is this: she, in many respects, is just like Obama -- a social progressive, rags to riches success story, with a lot of help from affirmative action. However, when you dig deeper, you have to ask the question, based upon her expressed worldview, how will she vote when she is not constrained by established court precedent but is able to decide what is and what is not precedent and has life-time job security? In making your decision, perhaps you should listen to the Chicago WBEZ 2001 interview with Obama on his view of the Constitution and how it has negatively influenced civil rights. Do you think he nominated Sotomayor because she might share these views?
Unfortunately, I believe we are about to find out because there is no way to stop it.
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