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Old 07-13-2009, 04:10 PM
Rupert Pupkin Rupert Pupkin is offline
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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
On a serious note it is ironic that she will replace a judge that was labeled as a far right wing conservative by the twin geniuses from Mass, Ted Kennedy and John Kerry who voted against Souter's confirmation. Of course leftist organizations such as Now and NAACP also heavily campaigned against Souter who turned out to be a liberal. I'm sure no one will mistake Sotomayor as a conservative.
Considering that people usually get more conservative when they get older, it's amazing that we keep getting judges on the Supreme Court that turn into liberals as they get older. It happened with Souter, Stevens, and Warren.
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