Charles, I think the video linked to in comments #263, #264 and #305 above is very important.

It’s not fake opinion posing as “blogging,” it’s not Fox, it’s not spin — it’s a video of Sotomayor in her own words letting the mask slip and admitting that appeals courts “are where policy is made” — i.e. she really seems to be a “judicial activist.” She realized she had let the cat out of the bag and tried to sarcastically backpedal, but it’s pretty obvious where her heart is on the matter.