Unlike even John McCain, he voted to confirm Sonya Sotomayer to the 2nd Circuit knowing she would be fast tracked to the U.S. Supreme Court and, wouldn't you know it, she was Obama's FIRST choice.
I'm sure he'd just use his "I took one for the team" excuse again.
Don’t rush to judgment without knowing all the facts. Sonya like Souter, may have been a stealth candidate whose opinions were not known at the time of confirmation. Besides, in the horse-trading for judicial confirmations, it could well be that Santorum agreed to Sonya on condition a filibuster was lifted on a conservative jurist.
Some facts Newzjunkeyleft out.
It was President George H.W. Bush who appointed her to a district court judge in NY in 1991.
From the Miami Herald:
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/12/2685728/romneys-sad-search-for-authenticity.html
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Sotomayor’s only previous ruling that dealt with abortion was one where she sided with the pro-life arguments. The case involved a policy that prohibited giving government funding to groups that either perform or advocate for abortion in foreign countries.
She never directly put her judicial view on the core issue, the constitutionality of abortion.
Meanwhile, she’s been very clear about how she views the Constitution. This statement, from her 1997 confirmation hearing, could be used in a political ad positioning her as the patroness of conservative causes, not the devil’s mistress: “I don’t believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance. It says what it says. We should do honor to it.”
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