Sonia Sotomayor: In Her Own Words

Obama's SCOTUS pick is all kinds of scary

By Josh Mesker

We all knew that President Obama was going to pick a liberal to replace Justice David Souter. And most of us -- especially those who understand Obama's agenda -- were also certain that not only would Souter's replacement be a liberal, he or she would be a judicial activist, too.

Of course, a judge can personally adhere to liberalism and still cling to the most important rule: Judge with impartiality according to the law, not with your personal feelings. Unfortunately, a liberal worldview doesn't usually allow for such a separation to be made. To far-left judicial activists, the courts are where policy is created.

Sonia Sotomayor certainly seems to think so as well.


Sotomayor has also said that she believes it is appropriate for a judge to consider their "experiences as women and people of color" and that should "affect our decisions." These comments were made during a speech at Berkeley (where she no doubt got a warm recpetion) back in 2002. Later, she went on to say that "I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life."

The video I posted above, which is Sotomayor at Duke University in 2005, reveals that she has no respect for a judicial philosophy that actually upholds the law. Her quote, "the Court of Appeals is where policy is made," should be constantly repeated until everyone has heard what she really thinks about responsible judgeship.

More on Sotomayor as it develops.