article.nationalreview.com - 5/27/2009
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I t s not the rule of law, it s the rule of lawyers: That s the central message conveyed by Pres. Barack Obama s nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, a judge of the Second Circuit federal appeals court, to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court next October. Obama and the ...
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In his speech today, President Obama surrounded himself
with images of the law. In a hall housing...
the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, the president clearly sought to portray himself as one who was protecting America’s legal ...
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More Sotomayor linkage, and a thought
TigerHawk —
... in the judge's record on affirmative action and the Second Amendment, and Andy McCarthy, who sees in the judge a disturbing attraction to judicial activism and "the rule of lawyers." Now a thought. There is obviously much to dislike about Sonia Sotomayor's substantive opinions, and more will come out in the coming weeks. These positions and others certainly provide the basis for a principled opposition to her appointment. The danger, though, is that the left will no doubt attempt to characterize objections to Judge Sotomayor's appointment as racist, sexist, or otherwise ad ...
Video: Vicious Attack on Sotomayor's 'Lack of Intellectual Depth'
Hyscience —
A must-watch clip of David Shuster interviewing Jonathan Turley, who unloads on Sonia Sotomayor (HT - Greg Pollowitz): ):
Related:
NRO - Rule of Law, or Rule of Lawyers? (Sotomayor claims an unlimited license for judicial activism.)
WSJ - Questions for Sotomayor ...
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