“I think I would be comfortable if a more progressive judge were appointed in the future by President Obama,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), a Judiciary Committee member, said in an interview Tuesday. “And I just hope he doesn’t see her as his leftward boundary.”
While (soon to be) Justice Sotomayor is by no means outside of the liberal judicial mainstream, most people would hope that he would not go so far as to appoint a radical, open activist, which is what exists to Sonia's left. This is why it is important that 30ish Republicans oppose her. We can keep our ideals by not attempting a filibuster (not that it would matter) on a qualified appointee with clear majority support, but it sends a message that she is as far as he can go.
Fource: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25252_Page2.html#ixzz0M0y4VkcA
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