There is little doubt that Sotomayor will be confirmed to the Supreme Court - despite her myriad deficiencies as a jurist (Ricci). They say that a body like that of the Supreme Court is greater than the sum of its part - I fear, though, that with Sotomayor it will be somewhat less than that sum. Even with the Bleeding Heart nature of the other liberals on the court there is little of the blatant racism that attaches itself to the Obama and his court pick. One can have compassion and one can empathize but the law care not for all of that - it is "blind." And it is the defining character of a supreme, Supreme Court, jurist to be able to rise above their emotions and make decisions solely on the basis of the Constitution. If they feel that the law is not right then there is a mechanism outlined in the document - that the liberal justices so often spurn - for changing the law. It is not the job of a justice to enact laws but to interpret laws. So, when you are reading your Constitution this weekend think how the Obama's many new programs fit into the fabric of government as outlined in that document - my belief is that you will find non.
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