re: #83 buzzsawmonkey

Basically, unless Sotomayor has major ethics problems—and there have been no allegations of any such thing—there is no reason she will not be confirmed. The Democrats have the votes, period.

She may be more or less “liberal,” her decisions may tend far more towards judicial interventionism or PC pieties, but if she is basically competent (and she appears to be, no matter how much anyone here disagrees with her rulings), she’s in, especially since there is little to no chance that any truly outrageous statements by her will be dealt with in the hearings.

Everything else is political fighting over the border area of more or less PC, but since there are no votes for such a fight, they should just rubber-stamp her already.

Without finishing the hearing?

I don’t know. I think this process is an important one, even if it seems to be watered down from previous events, and I think they should finish it, if for no other reason than to have an historical record. Perhaps I am naive to believe that’s important …