The NYT ran a piece of President Obama’s supreme Court nominee that had information for liberals to cheer and for conservatives to be concerned about. Excerpt:

“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,” said Judge Sotomayor, who is now considered to be near the top of President Obama’s list of potential Supreme Court nominees.

Her remarks, at the annual Judge Mario G. Olmos Law and Cultural Diversity Lecture at the University of California, Berkeley, were not the only instance in which she has publicly described her view of judging in terms that could provoke sharp questioning in a confirmation hearing.

This month, for example, a video surfaced 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.”

The Times left something out of this last quote — the knowing laughter of her audience who clearly were in agreement that a court of appeals is a perfectly fine place for political policy to be made. What a country we’ve become. HT: Roger Simon

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