Sideline Sotomayor

Confirmation hearings begin next week for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor and it should prove very interesting. Over the years, thanks to the moonbat left wing of the Democratic party, these hearings have seemingly become more about character assassination than a fair overview of the candidates qualifications and body of work. Ask Clarence Thomas and Robert Bork.

Interestingly enough, it appears Sotomaoyor played a role in this type of candidate review. Reports The Washington Times, "A legal advocacy group advised by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor in the 1980s actively opposed conservative Robert H. Bork's nomination to the high court calling him a "threat" to the "civil rights of the Latino community."

It is on the merit of her work and her apparent disposition to render decisions from her personal feelings that she should be disqualified.

She has had six decisions reach the Supreme Court and her decisions have been overturned four times, including a recent decision regarding the discrimination of firefighters in New Haven, CT.

Discrimination appears to be the centerpiece of trouble for Ms. Sotomayor. She is quoted saying the following: ""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." A recent article in The Wall Street Journal says her defense of the comment is taking shape, but there is no defense. It sure seems this is the type of framework she uses to formulate her decisions, and this would not be good.

She also commented that "the court of appeals is where policy is made." This is far from accurate. President Obama offered that he hopes Sotomayor will judge with empathy. I firmly disagree as empathy is an emotion should not get in the way of the law.

However, casting all that aside, her association with The Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, where Sotomayor has served as a board of director, is most troubling. 350 pages of material from the PRLDEF was presented, or dumped, to Senators last week.

"A cursory look at the limited material now in our possession raises several red flags, including a link between PRLDEF and ACORN, as well as information indicating Judge Sotomayor's deeper-than-previously thought involvement in developing the legal positions of the organization," said Stephen Boyd, spokesman for the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Jeff Sessions (R-AL).

Like ACORN, the PRLDEF files lawsuits in an effort to overwhelm the system, essentially employing shakedown tactics. According to The New York Times, the group helped redraw voting districts. As we know, ACORN is being investigated for voter fraud among other things in over a dozen states. ACORN may be a portal to a vast criminal enterprise.

You remember the fine folks over at ACORN:



Common sense would dictate that an individual associated with left wing radical groups such as ACORN should be swiftly rejected from consideration for nomination for a spot on The Supreme Court.