I’m conflicted about this one. Obama is going to nominate a liberal no matter who it is, and it won’t change the overall balance on the court. Is Sotomayor a better choice than the others Obama may nominate if she goes down? I don’t know. She doesn’t seem be that smart and may be swayable. Also, there are rumors that she is pro-life where others may not be. I’d say vote no in a second if there was a chance to get a conservative on the bench, but there isn’t, so we need to “pick our battles” and I don’t know enough about the dynamics to know if this is the right one to pick.
” Is Sotomayor a better choice than the others Obama may nominate if she goes down? I don’t know.”
Correct. we dont know.
All we DO know is this: For many reasons, Sotomayor is UNFIT to serve on SCOTUS. ANY Senator pledged to uphold the Constitution would and should vote NO on her.
IT’S that simple!
People are triangulating about whether someone better or worse, or if you should spend ‘political capital’ on this. IT”S ALL IRRELEVENT. If Judge Sotomayor will be a bad SCOTUS Justice, then good Senators MUST VOTE “NO”.
” She doesn’t seem be that smart and may be swayable.”
Wishful thinking. Smart or dumb, she’ll be a lib.
She’s an Obama clone, down to the elite-trained racially sensitive, overhyped resume.
” Also, there are rumors that she is pro-life where others may not be.”
Bogus. Planted by the Obama camp in order to distract and confuse the right. It partly worked. Sotomayor was and is a vote to uphold Roe, that was one area she was PERFECTLY clear.
” I’d say vote no in a second if there was a chance to get a conservative on the bench, but there isn’t”
Again - NOT RELEVENT. The Constitutional duty of the Senators is to advise on nominations. If Sotomayor is UNFIT, it doesnt matter who she replaced, who else Obama might pick, etc. UNFIT requires a “NO” vote.
” so we need to “pick our battles” and I don’t know enough about the dynamics to know if this is the right one to pick.”
Again, I make it simple: Obama has a Democrat majority, he will get his picks seated even if every Republican votes no. This is not about calculating the impact, but about fulfilling a Constitutional duty to advise and consent. By voting “NO” Republicans signal that they will not tolerate liberal judicial activists and race-baiting judges on the SCOTUS.
ANY REPUBLICAN SENATOR WHO “CONSENTS” TO ALLOWING LIBERAL JUDICIAL ACTIVISTS ON THE FEDERAL COURT BENCH IS ABDICATING HIS OR HER DUTY. They are trashing core planks in the Republican party platform. They are spitting in the face of the GOP grassroots.
They are literally Cuckoos, stealing from conservatives our rightful voice in this matter.