Senator Cornyn's remarks, published in today's Houston Chronicle as an editorial, can be viewed here. In part:
"Judge Sotomayor's speeches suggest a surprisingly radical view of the law.... In her speeches, she argued that there is no such thing as 'law'; that there is no objectivity in law; that courts should change the law to make new policy; and that ethnicity and gender can and even should impact a judge's decision-making.... Judge Sotomayor repeatedly stated at the hearing that it is the role of courts to interpret the law rather than make law.... In her view, everything a court does is by definition an 'interpretation' of the law that doesn't 'make' law. That's an invitation to engage in judicial lawlessness."
One might think that, if you want a guide to her judicial behavior, you could look at her *judicial behavior,* rather than some speeches.
Posted by: Mark | August 07, 2009 at 04:18 PM