The crap being thrown at Judge Sonia Sotomayor is unbelievable. Her critics have made a big deal out of ONE sentence about Latina judges bringing a different sensibility to the bench; they are insisting it is evidence of racism. I did something unheard of–I read the whole speech from which this one sentence was yanked–and it is VERY obvious that her point was anything but.
About that "baby killer"
A diary at Daily Kos, from someone who knew Dr. Tiller intimately, deserves broad distribution.
Here is the most significant part:
And the Nominee is…….
Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
Over at Balkinization, Jack Balkin handicaps/analyzes the choice:
Since We Are On the Topic of the Supremes..
I DO love the Onion!
WASHINGTON, DC—A genie freed from a battered oil lamp by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia granted the conservative jurist a strict constructionist interpretation of his wish for "a hundred billion bucks" Monday.
Sobering thoughts…..
On this Memorial Day, Paul Krugman revisits California's Proposition 13.
For those of you too young to recall, thirty-odd years ago, California voters went to the polls and made it much, much more difficult for lawmakers to raise property taxes.