re: #210 iceweasel

I said she might be. The issue about what an Associate Justice will and won’t do is more a function of political theater than actually plumbing the depths of the soul of the nominee. Of course the lady is qualified to be a jurist—she would have never made it to the Appellate bench otherwise. She is equally qualified to be on the Supreme Court. How she will rule in given circumstances is not good and really immaterial. In many cases, there have been nominees who have “gone the other way” from the administration which nominated them. Chief Justice Warren, Hugo Black, David Souter, all spring to mind. It is possible that Sotomayor might do the same. Only time will tell.