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Conservatives: Sotomayor Got It Wrong
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyConservatives pounced on Monday morning's Supreme Court reversal of the Ricci firefighters case as a unanimous indictment of the work of Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Sotomayor sat on a three-judge panel that earlier ruled in favor of the city of New Haven in the reverse-discrimination case, which the Court overturned by a 5-4 vote this morning. In two instances, one by Justice Scalia in his concurrence and another by Justice Ginsberg in her dissent, the Court said that the case before the 2nd Circuit should have been remanded to the district court for more facts to consider, rather than simply ...
Why Judge Sotomayor's Race Should be Irrelevant
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyAs part of their efforts to confirm Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court, Democrats are hoping to avoid talking about her activist judicial philosophy, and instead dwell on her personal story -- especially her chance to be the first Latina on the Supreme Court.There is no doubt that her story is inspiring, but is a good biography relevant criteria for a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court? Moreover, the notion that Judge Sotomayor's background is in any way relevant to her nomination only serves to reinforce the pernicious argument that a judge's background and ...
Blame Sotomayor on...Poppy Bush? H.W.'s Liberal Legacy
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyWith all the talk of how George W. Bush should have been more like dear old dad (in terms of foreign policy), it is clear that the younger Bush's record on judicial picks is far and away superior -- a point that has been underscored today. With Justices Roberts and Alito, the younger Bush gave us two terrific justices who are both intellectual heavy-weights -- and understand that the role of the judicial branch is to interpret the law, not to legislate from the bench. (Of course, there was that dreadful Harriet Miers pick, but let's not dwell on that, as she -- thankfully -- did not make it ...
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