This week's hearings on Sotomayor's nomination are a landmark of sorts. For the first time since 1962, Senator Edward Kennedy will not be sitting on the Judiciary Committee. And Biden will be sitting the hearing out as well.
Still, commentators believe that Sotomayor will almost certainly be appointed to the Court, albeit only after the Republicans first make their case for labeling Sotomayor a radical judicial activist.
But, as Washington Post columnist, E.J. Dionne Jr., points out, the Republican's case is much harder to make after the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to:
- postpone hearing Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission,
- request new briefs, and
- expand the question presented to encompass whether corporations should be allowed to finance elections campaigns and counter-campaigns.
What ever happened to deciding cases on narrow grounds, if possible?
...And who do you think the real judicial activists are now?
To learn more about Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, visit Scotus Wicki.
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