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May 28, 2009 |
Palm Beach Post
"The cacophony from some Republicans over President Obama's nomination of Judge Sotomayor may make for good radio and TV, but the bombast lacks substance....Cardozo, who served on the court from 1932 until 1938, acknowledged in his essay "The Nature of the Judicial Process" that judging is subjective. "We may try to see things as objectively as we please," he said. "Nonetheless, we can never see them with any eyes except our own." Since interpretation is subject to the eyes, ears, and emotions of the interpreter, the interpreters who sit on the highest court in the land should be as diverse as the occupants of that land."
May 28, 2009 |
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
"Based on her obvious qualifications and judicial experience, it’s hard to see how GOP members of the Senate Judiciary can find grounds to oppose the nomination except on the basis of undisguised party politics."
May 28, 2009 |
Seattle Times
"Judge Sonia Sotomayor has a reputation as a thoughtful, compassionate jurist, qualities that along with an up-from-the-bootstraps life story, make her a persuasive pick for the U.S. Supreme Court. ... Sotomayor's sense of empathy is a plus. The Constitution is not a set of abstract rules but laws that require understanding of how they affect real people. Much wanted are judges who bring human sensibility to legal analysis."
May 28, 2009 |
Day (CT)
"For some years now, conservatives have taken the weird position that humanity has no business in jurisprudence."
May 28, 2009 |
Washington Post
"if conservatives succeed in painting this moderate as a radical, they will skew future arguments over the court. In fact, liberals should press Sotomayor on her more conservative decisions on business issues, an area in which the current court already tilts too far right. As for Republican senators, they have to ask if it's worth alienating Latino voters to wage a fierce battle against a woman who is, from their point of view, the best nominee Obama was likely to give them."
May 28, 2009 |
Buffalo News
"The New York City native certainly seems to be someone who is qualified, by dint of talent, education and experience, to be a Supreme Court justice."
May 28, 2009 |
Pensacola News Journal
"President Obama made a solid choice in the nomination of federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor, who would be the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court.... Given her relevant experience and unique perspective, Sotomayor should get the nod from the Senate to fill the open seat on the Supreme Court."
May 28, 2009 |
Express-Times [PA]
"Everything that has emerged so far points to a nominee who has the legal chops and experience for the job."
May 28, 2009 |
La Crosse Tribune [WI]
"Obama is making good on his promise to appoint an intelligent, talented jurist that will make the court look more like the country."
May 27, 2009 |
Miami Herald
"President Obama's use of ''empathy'' as a criterion for selection has been a focus of criticism, but it seems reasonable for a judge to consider ''how our laws affect the daily realities of people's lives.'' As a daughter of Puerto Rican parents raised in a Bronx public housing project, Judge Sotomayor is likely to bring to the court a refreshing view about the daily reality of people's lives."
May 27, 2009 |
Waco Tribune-Herald
"She’s a human being who is influenced by everything she’s experienced, including the law. That, by the way, applies to every jurist who ever served. It would appear that some observers don’t want people on our courts. They want androids. ... He or she must be scholarly and fair. By a host of accounts, that description fits with Obama’s nominee."
May 27, 2009 |
Jersey Journal
"Sotomayor seems to have demonstrated a "temperament for impartiality," an ability to rule on the basis of law."
May 27, 2009 |
New York Times
Judge Sonia Sotomayor "has an impressive judicial record, a stellar academic background and a compelling life story. ... Judge Sotomayor has repeatedly displayed the empathy Mr. Obama has said he is looking for in a justice. ... She has shown little patience for the sort of procedural bars that conservative judges have been using to close the courthouse door on people whose rights have been violated."
May 27, 2009 |
Greenville Daily Reflector [NC]
"A historic choice was expected, and with Sotomayor Obama did not disappoint. He has selected a jurist with an extensive record of experience, past bipartisan support and the temperament that would serve the nation's highest court."
May 27, 2009 |
Austin American-Statesman
"Based on what we've seen and heard so far, the U.S. Senate should have no trouble in confirming the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. She's clearly qualified, well-educated, experienced as a lawyer and a judge and would bring to the court an intellect informed by a life that began with no special advantage except that she lived in this country."
May 27, 2009 |
Chattanooga Times
"The breadth and depth of her judicial and prosecutorial experience seem equally as important as the prospect of appointing the first Latino woman to the court. Absent an unlikely surprise in the Senate hearings, it’s hard to see why her nomination would be rejected."
May 27, 2009 |
Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Just a half-century ago, it would have been inconceivable that a Hispanic woman from the south Bronx would have been standing next to an African-American president to accept his Supreme Court nomination. Most Americans knew little more about Puerto Ricans in New York in 1959 than what they gleaned from the then-two-year-old Broadway musical "West Side Story.""
May 27, 2009 |
Fort Worth Star-Telegram [TX]
"None of the eight justices she would join — or Justice David Souter, whom she would succeed — had such varied legal training when they were nominated.... It’s a sad and sorry reality of judicial confirmation these days that nominees are caricatured inaccurately."
May 27, 2009 |
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
"Hawaii's Sen. Daniel Inouye was among seven Senate Democrats who made a deal in 2005 with seven Republicans that Democrats would not use the filibuster to block judicial nominations except in "extraordinary circumstances." Nothing arose about Roberts that met that criteria, and the Senate confirmed his nomination by a 78-22 vote; Democrats were split, 22-22. Republicans would be wise to apply the same standard to Sotomayor's nomination."
May 27, 2009 |
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
"It would be presumptuous to assume that Sotomayor doesn't respect the law or the Constitution simply because she has said her life experiences shape her approach to the judiciary. She has also said, for example, "I don't believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance.""
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