Comments on: Video: Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor: Judges Make Policy

By: Media Ignores Obama’s SCOTUS Nominee’s Membership In Radical La Raza Organization : Stop The ACLU

Sat, 30 May 2009 01:33:39 +0000

[...] statement made by Sotomayor is very disturbing in the realm of judicial philosophy. This month…a video surfaced of Judge Sotomayor asserting in 2005 [during a panel discussion for law students] that a ‘court [...]

By: Frank Mitchell

Frank Mitchell — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:16:42 +0000

For every significant case, both sides have public policy arguments. This means that regardless of how the case is decided, there be someone who prevails who argued a particular policy to support that decision. Judicial restraint is a public policy. Adherence to constitutional text is a public policy. Declaring a statute unconstitutional has public policy ramifications. Or declaring it constitutional, Because the Supreme Court only hears 100 cases a year, the judge is right that the intermediate courts often decide policy questions one way or the other. This means that the opinion expressed here is either by an idiot who doesnt understand how the legal system works or is someone who is being deliberately deceptive. Take your pick. There may be reasons not to support this judge. This speech is not one of them.

By: Decisions, Decisions! , An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings

Decisions, Decisions! , An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:54:25 +0000

[...] to see judges base their decisions on the actual law, on the U.S. Constitution. Judges do not, or are not suppose to, make policy! Although, the intent of the Supreme Court, and most federal courts, has become quite different [...]