Sotomayor is our first Supreme Court appointee to have grown up in the relatively new law school theory of "critical thinking". This may have unexpected results.

I note the ABA announced today that Sotomayor is a member of the group known as "La Raza". Google that and you will see some interesting commentary. It appears to be linked with groups which desire the "reconquista" of the Southwestern states.

Let's see . . . Princeton undergrad, Yale Law School, appointed first by a Republican, years of uncontroversial service on the federal courts, and a history of moderate rulings. Opposing someone like this would not only be a waste of time, but just another indication of how out of touch the Republican Party has become. And to oppose her on the ground that she is an "activist" judge, while Justice Scalia, the darling of the right wing, cooks up limitations on Congressional power that are nowhere in the Constitution, is shamelessly hypocritical.

And here I thought that Congress was supposed to limited to powers specifically enumerated in the Constitution...

I would like to pass on a thought sent to me from an Australian friend. If one "wise latina woman" can frequently come to better decisons than "wise white men", why do we not just appoint a "wise latina woman" and do away with the Supreme Court?

They do watch our goings on down in Oz.