Sotomayor Doesn't Even Know or Understand Law

Maloney v. Cuomo, a January 2009 ruling, Sotomayor signed the opinion that the 2nd Amendment doesn't keep states from restricting the right to bear and keep arms. Say what? She thinks the law is only Federal. Straight quote from the opinion “It is settled law, however, that the Second Amendment applies only to limitations the federal government seeks to impose on this right.” A nominee to the Supreme Court believes this! Sotomayor sites some law that really doesn't apply, the 1886 Supreme Court case of Presser v. Illinois. Not being a legal person, I don't know, and really don't care, what that opinion said. Something else Sotomayor doesn't appear to know, is previous rulings by the Supreme Court regarding the Second Amendment. She also is apparently unaware of the 14th Amendment, which reads, in part: “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States … nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”

She also thinks that it's okay to run power plants into the ground fiscally. Cost benefit analysis to protect little fishes and other aquatic life shouldn't apply; they must be protected regardless of the cost. Higher utility bills anyone? Because you know that cost would be passed on to consumers.

This individual is not qualified and not one Republican should vote for or recommend her.

Sonia Sotomayor-Next Supreme Court Judge

She'll get the position. This is a political battle the Republicans can't win. Is she qualified? NO. Dems rejected Republican nominees because of ideology; they weren't Liberal. While we go through this, you know that she won't be treated as horribly, "borked" as Republican nominees either. How does she think?

Sandra Day O’Connor said that a wise old man and a wise old woman would reach the same conclusion when deciding cases.
Sotomayor said: “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.”

There's a video of Judge Sotomayor asserting in 2005 that a “court of appeals is where policy is made.” She then immediately adds: “And I know — I know this is on tape, and I should never say that because we don’t make law. I know. O.K. I know. I’m not promoting it. I’m not advocating it. I’m — you know.”

I've read several of her other comments. She puts her gender and ethnicity before the law. All in all, this puts the Constitution and the American people in no worse of a position than we had with Souter. She too believes in legislating from the bench. Can't get it passed in the congress, take it to court and get it done based on race, gender and international law, not the Constitution.