—To oppose a nominee because of his or her sex, race, ethnicity, or background is to act on bad reasons. Why then is it acting on good reasons to confirm a judge on such grounds—or to nominate one in the first place?
—The Republicans should thus do Judge Sotomayor the great honor of taking her thinking seriously, after the irresistibly ritual celebration of her story and background. She has been a judge for years, and judges think for a living—so the focus should be kept on what she has done and said that gives us an inkling of her thinking.
Matthew J. Franck on NRO
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