GOP to Label Sotomayor as ‘Activist’

Very sick of the whole Republican Party and all of their roadblocking.

Wow! Someone cut from the common cloth of the American journey that knows what so many Americans are going through, today, having been there, herself.

Too often judges get lost in country clubs and high-end and often isolating surroundings that those who would influence them offer so smoothly and quietly, that one wonders why a poor person would even seek justice in such courts knowing that they cannot engage the services of a Harvard-educated lawyer to defend them. So, they lose, in court and in society and more often find themselves in jail while Enron execs and Wall Street investment bankers get government--and court ordered--findings and rewards for greed corruption, and shafting the American tax-payer.

Could this nomination be a refreshing change to an out-dated and irrelevant Court?

Hope so.

Lay waste to the GOP! They are fast becoming all that is despised about this Great Nation. 18 more republican senate seats on the ballot in 2010. All of them need to go!

Hey Republicans: This is the same woman George HW Bush nominated and got a lot of Republican votes years ago...
Cat got your tongue?

Are any of you using your brains to think???? If this woman or anyone is appointed to the SCOTUS she has a free ride for life...we don't get to say in 4 yrs...oops made a mistake, vote that one out...this decision affects generations...so EVERY detail about her should be examined...get over the rep/dem crap and open your eyes!

To some extent, Obama may have selected her to pick a fight with the GOP to set them up as ultra conservative idealogues who are intent on seeing their form of conservative evangelical activism law.

Scalia, Alito and perhaps Roberts all use the richness of their lives, religious believes and experiences in making their decisions.

The court has too much of a hard right balance and its time to move it to teh center.

Lets hope in their dissent the GOP put legitimate positions out in front and not the hardliner Rush and Cheney demogory they are so famous for doing. Thsi might just put the GOP further out of touch.

ATTACK ATTACK Thats all Republicans Know how to do, Lord Knows they dont know how to be Bi Partisan And work together for the Good of the Country ugh I AM SO FED UP WITH REPUBLICANS Lets keep them out of power where they belong!

A partisan fight over a supreme court appointee - this is news? The quotes are hardly incriminating, although they show a bit of that clumsy candid honesty streak that help sink Bork. And since she is a left leaning judge, it is hardly surprising that the Supremes overturned 4 of her cases. Actually, it's a mark of her centralism that they never touched more of her cases.

Let the Repub has beens, naysayers, sour grapers hit the road, Jack. We need to get 60 Dems in the Senate (the Michigan decision has been delayed too long). This nominee will, I believe, serve the Constition and the Country well. To Hades with the Repubs.

One line of attack mentioned by Repubs is that Obama could have chosen a "consesus candidate but he did not." Because Sotomayor being appointed to positions by both President George H.W. Bush and President Clinton, meaning she previously had bipartisan support obviously means she is not a consensus candidate. And then the repubs biggest source of attack against her is an article by Jeff Rosen packed with anonymous sources, sources that offer opinions of her, but that article is practically fluff due to its complete utter lack of facts. Anonymously offered opinions don't exactly carry much weight in my opinion, which will promptly be ignored by those who disagree with me...See I'm right.

Wallace:"(the Michigan decision has been delayed too long)"

Minnesota, and the state supreme court decision is expected mid-to-late next month. Of course, it's almost guaranteed that Republicans will appeal to the Federal Supreme Court to eat up more time, and the Federal Supremes may be just conservative enough to footdrag it out a few more months (although I doubt they'd risk the damage that throwing the election results out would do).

would anyone think there'd be support from the GOP?

I'm eagerly waiting for another
[non]news conference from Cheney.

"Temperament issues"? Anyone ever listened to or read Scalia?

Go ahead Republicans Drive More woman away From your Party not that Many support you Know Go ahead Drive More Hispanics away Attack this Woman i beg you so you really can become Extinct in 2010!

The article in the "liberal" New Republic? This "tip sheet" is showing itself as an organ of the Republican Party more and more each day. To think "The Note" used to be a worthwhile read, now it's nothing more than an online gossip column.

Very, very pathetic as usual.

Geez, I think Obama could nominate Jesus Christ himself for something and the GOP would make it a battle... because they are nothing but Grandstanding Obstructionist Posturers. No substance whatsoever.

Interesting article. I did not read any pros about Sotomayor in here at all. Just what the GOP will do to block her. Alright, lets talk about that then.

Lady Justice is (or should be) blind. Hence the blindfold on the statue in the courthouses.

Does anyone believe in that anymore? Is that an antiquated notion, that a Judge should not take into account race, sex, social class, or anything else?

The whole idea of the Constitution is that everyone is on the same equal ground. We know the laws, and they are applied equally.

But it sounds like Sotomayor is going to give preference to Women and Hispanics, and everyone is OK with this?

It would be hypocritical of the republicans to simply stand by during the confirmation process. First of all, it is the job of Congress to analyze appointments made by the president and to block them if they feel it's in the best interest of the country. Second, why would they suddenly approve of a candidate they previously blocked .... especially when one of her major/controversial cases is now under review in the U.S. Supreme Court on appeal? Republicans are doing the right thing here. People need to stop being so partisan and simply let Congress do it's job.

A brilliant "strategic move" on Obama's part this is". (pardon the Yoda-ism) Sotomayar is an intellectual who happens to be Latina. The GOP is being positioned for more embarrassment when they proceed to attack her background. This is one for the books. Mister President, you are a true tactician.

"I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion [as a judge] than a white male who hasn't lived that life." - Sotomayer.