On May 26th 2009, President Obama introduced his Supreme Court nominee, Sony Sotomayor. Immediately a firestorm arose. Opinions are still flying from the right and the left. The middle however is left entirely open. Justice Sotomayor is the third woman to serve on the nation's highest court, and the first Latina.
From the Susan B. Anthony list, (SBA), SBA' President Marjorie Dannenfelser stated: "Women are best protected by the rule of law - and blind justice. Their rights are most endangered when personal preferences, ideology or painful personal history inform judgement. Susan B. Anthony and her early feminist compatriots fought for a human rights standard, sustained only through blind justice. When evidence of personal preference appears in any Supreme Court nominee's judgement, it should give all women pause. Given what we know about Judge Sonya Sotomayor, own judicial philosophy - indicating her support of policy making from the bench - Americans should be concerned about the role of personal preference in her overall judicial philosophy.When it comes to protecting all human life, one group is never served by undermining the rights of another. Women will never be served by ignoring the rights of unborn children."
From Americans United for Life (AUL), despite 17 yrs. on the bench, Judge Sotomayor has never directly decided whether a law regulating abortion was constitutional. AUL has reviewed two decisions which can be found on our web site www.ifrl.org/lake
From National Right to Life (NRLC), "What we have seen of Judge Sotomayor's record, so far, sheds little light on her views regarding how the Constitution bears on the powers of elected lawmakers to protect the right to life of unborn children. Members of the Senate, should not be pressured to act on this nomination with undue haste. We believe it is critical that Senators thoroughly explore whether Judge Sotomayor believes that Supreme Court Justices have the right to override the decisions of elected lawmakers on such issues as partial-birth abortion, tax funding of abortion and parental notification for abortion. Pro-life concerns are reinforced by the knowledge that Judge Sotomayor has been nominated to the Supreme Court by a president, who himself criticized the Supreme Court majority for upholding the ban on partial-birth abortion, who previously had opposed a bill to recognize all babies born alive during abortions, as full protected by law and who endorsed a proposed federal law, (The Freedom of Choice Act) that has as it's major purpose the invalidation of virtually all of the types of abortion regulations that have been upheld by the Supreme Court as consistent with Roe v Wade."
There is no doubt that Justice Sotomayor will be confirmed by the Senate. The Democrats have the majority. We can only hope that Justice Sotomayor will face stiff and honest questioning on her judicial views.
From the Susan B. Anthony list, (SBA), SBA' President Marjorie Dannenfelser stated: "Women are best protected by the rule of law - and blind justice. Their rights are most endangered when personal preferences, ideology or painful personal history inform judgement. Susan B. Anthony and her early feminist compatriots fought for a human rights standard, sustained only through blind justice. When evidence of personal preference appears in any Supreme Court nominee's judgement, it should give all women pause. Given what we know about Judge Sonya Sotomayor, own judicial philosophy - indicating her support of policy making from the bench - Americans should be concerned about the role of personal preference in her overall judicial philosophy.When it comes to protecting all human life, one group is never served by undermining the rights of another. Women will never be served by ignoring the rights of unborn children."
From Americans United for Life (AUL), despite 17 yrs. on the bench, Judge Sotomayor has never directly decided whether a law regulating abortion was constitutional. AUL has reviewed two decisions which can be found on our web site www.ifrl.org/lake
From National Right to Life (NRLC), "What we have seen of Judge Sotomayor's record, so far, sheds little light on her views regarding how the Constitution bears on the powers of elected lawmakers to protect the right to life of unborn children. Members of the Senate, should not be pressured to act on this nomination with undue haste. We believe it is critical that Senators thoroughly explore whether Judge Sotomayor believes that Supreme Court Justices have the right to override the decisions of elected lawmakers on such issues as partial-birth abortion, tax funding of abortion and parental notification for abortion. Pro-life concerns are reinforced by the knowledge that Judge Sotomayor has been nominated to the Supreme Court by a president, who himself criticized the Supreme Court majority for upholding the ban on partial-birth abortion, who previously had opposed a bill to recognize all babies born alive during abortions, as full protected by law and who endorsed a proposed federal law, (The Freedom of Choice Act) that has as it's major purpose the invalidation of virtually all of the types of abortion regulations that have been upheld by the Supreme Court as consistent with Roe v Wade."
There is no doubt that Justice Sotomayor will be confirmed by the Senate. The Democrats have the majority. We can only hope that Justice Sotomayor will face stiff and honest questioning on her judicial views.
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