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Texas Senator John Cornyn: Why I Voted "No" On Judge Sotomayor

By Tim Zinnecker

Senator Cornyn's remarks, published in today's Houston Chronicle as an editorial, can be viewed here.  In part:

"Judge Sotomayor's speeches suggest a surprisingly radical view of the law....  In her speeches, she argued that there is no such thing as 'law'; that there is no objectivity in law; that courts should change the law to make new policy; and that ethnicity and gender can and even should impact a judge's decision-making....  Judge Sotomayor repeatedly stated at the hearing that it is the role of courts to interpret the law rather than make law....  In her view, everything a court does is by definition an 'interpretation' of the law that doesn't 'make' law.  That's an invitation to engage in judicial lawlessness."

Full post as published by The Faculty Lounge on August 07, 2009 (boomark / email).