Who is Sonia Sotomayor?

Winston Churchill once described the Soviet Union as a "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma." I thought of this quote as I began to preliminarily read about President Obama's pick to replace Justice Souter at the SCOTUS - namely Judge Sonia Sotomayor.

Over at www.Beliefnet.com, Steven Waldman wrote this:

Get Ready For: "Is Sonia Sotomayor A Bad Catholic?"

Tuesday May 26, 2009

First published May 5, 2009
From a raw political point of view, it's hard to top Sonia Sotomayor to be Obama's appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. She's Hispanic, a key group that Obama won over and must keep. She's a woman and, though liberal, was appointed by a Republican.

I haven't been able to determine whether she's Catholic, but she's Puerto Rican (most of whom are Catholic) and went to Catholic schools as a child.There already are five Catholics on the court but they're all conservative so they haven't been attacked for being bad Catholics (i.e. being pro-choice despite the church's teaching).

But pro-choice Catholics face a different obstacle course. As John Kerry and Kathleen Sebelius can attest, if you're a pro-choice Catholic, you will be challenged not only on whether you're a good public official but also whether you're a good Catholic.

If Sonia Sotomayor is Catholic, and pro-choice, we may get a wave of discussion about whether the Supreme Court justice should be denied communion.

 

At www.acandidworld.net you'll find this:

"Those scrutinizing potential nominee Sonia Sotomayor, though, will discover a dearth of real evidence on the subject (though that hasn’t stopped some of her detractors). Judge Sotomayor appears to have participated in only two cases seriously implicating the right to choose, with neither giving a strong sense of Judge Sotomayor’s position:

• Center for Reproductive Law & Policy v. Bush, 304 F.3d 183 (2d Cir. 2002). Plaintiff public interest organization challenged the “Mexico City Policy,” a.k.a. the “global gag rule” and its provisions stripping U.S. aid to foreign NGOs advocating for or performing abortions. In an opinion by Sotomayor, the court dismissed the case for lack of standing, rightly so.
• Port Washington Teachers’ Association v. Board of Education, 478 F.3d 494 (2d Cir. 2007). Plaintiff teachers challenged a school district policy, which suggested teachers should report student pregnancies to the student’s parents. In an opinion which Sotomayor joined, the court dismissed the case for lack of standing, noting that, because the policy was not mandatory, objecting teachers wouldn’t be fired for “violating it.” Again, the court is strictly correct. "

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While we don't yet know who Judge Sotomayor is (on the issue of abortion) WE DO KNOW WHO PRESIDENT OBAMA IS AND WHAT HIS POSITION IS AS REGARDS UNBORN LIFE!

There is no way on G*d's green earth that this President is going to nominate anybody to the Supreme Court who does not embrace, fully embrace, the cult of death on the issue of abortion.

If Judge Sotomayor's position(s) are unknown, this is a purposeful tactical choice on the part of the President to get her through the confirmation process.

G*d Save Our Republic!

Comments

[anthony]

I will never accept the tags good or bad when applied to catholics. One is either in line with teachings of The Church (catholic), or one isn't (not catholic.)

I suspect we will know soon enough with regards to this nominee.

[GENE]

JUDGE SOTOMAYOR HAS BEEN VETTED AND WE ALL KNOW SHE IS MOST LIKELY PRO-ABORTION. HAVING SAID THAT WE CAN EXPECT THE TWO PROFESSORS FROM GEORGETOWN UNIVERISTY THAT OPPOSED ALITO AND ROBERTS DURING THEIR CONFIRMATION HEARINGS TO BE TOTALLY SUPPORTIVE OF JUDGE SOTOMAYOR. IF CONFIRMED SHE WILL BE A COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER AT GEORGETOWN OR FORDHAM UNIVERSITY IN THE BRONX. IT IS A JESUIT THING.

[James Rich]

I can't exactly remember when he said it, but Barak broke with tradition when he said he would not fail to ask a potential Supreme Court nominee about his/her views on abortion outright. Presidents have often claimed that no litmus test exists for nominees (usually meaning abortion), which made his comment the more unusual.