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TechnoratiThough the federal judge’s record on abortion is limited, she has been drawn concern over her “very liberal judicial philosophy.”
“President Obama promised us a jurist committed to the 'rule of law,' but, instead, he appears to have nominated a legislator to the Supreme Court,” commented Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council.
Still, a key GOP senator has conceded Wednesday that Republicans see little chance of blocking Sotomayor’s Supreme Court nomination since Democrats control the Senate.
But the senator, Jeff Sessions of Alabama, said Republicans were ready to raise pointed questions about whether Sotomayor, the first Hispanic nominee to the high court, would let her personal life color her legal opinions – and whether that's appropriate for a Supreme Court justice.
"We have an absolute constitutional duty to make sure that any nominee, no matter what their background and what kind of life story they have, that we examine that so the American people can know that the person we give a lifetime appointment to ... will be faithful to the law and not allow their personal views to influence decision-making," the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee said in an interview on NBC's "Today" show.
Sotomayor's Capitol Hill debut could come as early as next week.
