[americanophile]

If she styles herself a ‘wise Latina woman,’ than we can expect her not to sit there quietly...she'll be a boisterous, activist, in-your-face kind of justice...whatever the relative strength of her intellect.

[Verginius Rufus]

Obviously she believes racism is OK, as long as the practitioners are not white males. I would have disliked anyone Obama would have picked. For the time being what matters most is how Anthony Kennedy comes down on the close votes, and Sotomayor doesn’t sound like someone who will be able to overwhelm him with her brilliance.