Quote of the Day: Judge Sonia Sotomayor
30 May 2009 | By LowellB in Law, Lowell, Politics, TN Blog
“I do think that there is a problem here when we talk about temperament and empathy. You know, we are not selecting a house pet. We’re selecting a Supreme Court justice and as an academic I have a certain bias. And that is does she have the intellectual throw weight to make a difference on the court? And I have to tell you the optics are better than the opinions in this case. I’ve read a couple of dozen of her opinions. They don’t speak well to her being a nominee on the Supreme Court. She will be historic in many ways like Thurgood Marshall but I’ll remind you Thurgood Marshall was not a lasting intellectual force on the court. He was historic because he was first. And I think that a lot of academics are a little bit disappointed. . . . Frankly, a lot of academics are going to be timid because they don’t want to be viewed as opposing her. But you will see some focus on the opinions.”
As a conservative, I’m pretty happy about the idea of a Supreme Court justice who, although a hard-core liberal, won’t have much impact on the direction of the Court. President Obama could have done much more damage than he did with this nomination.
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