President Obama announced his Supreme Court nominee this morning, Judge Sonia Sotomayor. MoveOn says: "Judge Sotomayor embodies the American dream. Born to Puerto Rican parents, she grew up in a South Bronx housing project and was raised from age nine by a single mother, excelling in school and working her way to graduate summa cum laude from Princeton University and to become an editor of the Law Journal at Yale Law School."There is no question she has a compelling personal story, and her selection is historic. If confirmed, she will be the third woman and the first Hispanic to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court.
And, Sotomayor was confirmed by the Senate for her current position, making it challenging for some Republicans to oppose her now.
Her confirmation is likely a done deal, but I do have a couple of concerns. Her record on reproductive justice and church-state separation is thin and somewhat troubling. I will reserve final judgment until the full story on her is revealed.
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