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President Barack Obama nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor to
replace retiring Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court.

ยป To ensure lawmakers, the media and the America can get all the facts
on the Supreme Court vacancy,

Senators should "engage in robust advice and consent to assure that if confirmed Judge Sotomayor would not use her seat...to advance
liberal policy preferences," argues Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow and former Attorney General Edwin Meese.



The "advice and consent" process, mandated by the Constitution, is a
delicate and timely one. Senators should use it to determine whether
Judge Sotomayor will faithfully and impartially interpret the
Constitution and laws of this nation -- and not shape them to her
policy preferences.

"Nominations should be judged by a common standard: Will they apply the Constitution of the United States and the law as it is written and according to its original meaning?" asks Heritage expert Conn Carroll.
"Or will they use the lifetime appointment to enact policy preferences
from the bench?"

Judge Sotomayor, who sits on the Federal Court of Appeals in New York, has a long record of statements about the proper role of judges, many of which raise important questions.

Judge Sotomayor's statements about judges as policymakers, her
questioning of whether judges can be objective in most cases, and her
insensitive statement that the ethnicity of some judges somehow makes
them better at doing their job than judges of different
ethnicity--raise serious questions about her view of judging
which must be carefully and fully explored by the Senate.


President Obama has established an "aggressive confirmation
timetable," writes senior policy analyst Andrew Grossman. But
his push to complete all hearings and vote before Congress' August
recess may be hasty and "risks shortchanging the Constitution's
commands."


The Senate "should not delay" the confirmation process, Grossman
argues, "but nor should it be rushed."

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