Republican senators continued through Tuesday and Wednesday to express reservations about Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, as some conservative interest groups and pundits ratcheted up the pressure for the GOP to oppose the nomination. Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich have gone so far as to call Sotomayor a "racist."Sen. Jeff Sessions, the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, had a measured response on Tuesday to Sotomayor's nomination, calling for thorough Senate confirmation hearings.
This morning Sessions reiterated the need for a thorough vetting, adding that "the nominee has serious problems," according to the Associated Press. He specifically said he found certain remarks from Sotomayor regarding policymaking from the bench to be "troubling." - CBS News Story
Judges are not suppose to be in the business of creating policy from the bench. Instead they are suppose to be in the business of interpretation.
Obama made a smart pick here politically. He nominated a minority woman to draw support from more women and especially the Latino Community. He knows that her qualifications will be called into question and also knows that it will hurt the GOP to go after her with the Latino Community. However, the Latino community is not as stupid as Obama thinks they are. They will do their own research and decide on their own.
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