Sonia Sotomayor

I don't usually get bitchy, but Lindsey Graham's reaction to Sonia Sotomayor set off my gaydar. As Howie Klein regularly reminds us, Lindsey is a bachelor for a reason. So I must ask: is Lindsey the kind of closet queen who is threatened by strong women? (h/t ThinkProgress)

By Dave Lindorff

I don’t know at this point whether Judge Sonia Sotomayor is a good choice for Supreme Court Justice or a bad one.

She certainly is a lousy judge for writers and other creative
people, having ruled (and been overruled by an appellate court and
then, when that reversal was upheld, by the US Supreme Court in a case
called New York Times Inc. v. Tasini) that the Times and periodical
publishers could reprint, without any additional compensation, any
freelance works they contracted on the basis that they had a general
copyright on each entire issue they publish.

An endless parade of conservatives have called Sonia Sotomayor a racist. They include Rush Limbaugh, Newt Gingrich, Tom Tancredo, Tucker Carlson, Ann Coulter, Glenn Beck, and others.

How dare they???

It has only been one day since President Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor, but I'm already bored to tears by the endless parade of conservatives on my teevee telling me empathy is the worst character trait imaginable for a judge. Judges, we are told, should strictly Enforce The Law.

So what will conservatives say when Dick Cheney begs his judge to Ignore The Law which makes torture a crime, and instead show empathy for the absolute and all-consuming Fear of Terrorists that drove Cheney to Torture?

Since PapaDick and BabyDick are all over teevee these days, maybe someone could ask them.

President Obama chose federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor to become the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, praising her as "an inspiring woman" with both the intellect and compassion to interpret the Constitution wisely.

Christy Hardin Smith describes her amazing background: