Obama Nomiates Sotomayor as a Supreme Court's Justice

For the first time in our nation's history, Hispanic judge might get appointed to the high court. After careful review, President Obama has chosen Judge Sotomayor as a Supreme Court's Justice. The President calls her qualifying and fair, and other Senates said that the diversity in the U.S. Supreme Court is important.

The nomination is indeed historical, but there will be unlikely any shift in power since the previous Jusice, Souter, because even though Souter was nominated by the first George W Bush, he was leaning more toward the Democarts.




Sotomayor grew up in comfortable household, but she also went through hardship as a child when her father died when she was 9 years old. After the death, her mother took care of her until she graduated high school. Later on, she went to Princeton University to study laws.

As expected, there were Conservatives and Republicans opposition to her nomination claiming that her judge is based on her liberal activist belief. But they have little hope to block her nomination since Democrats have near 60 seats in Senates. In addition, moderate Republican like Olympia J. Snowe of Maine is enthusiastic about Sotomayor's nomination. Hence, the Republicans also need to work on to persuade their own party member to block the nomination even before persuading the Democrats.

Sources and picture : http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/us/politics/27court.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp

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TAKA LAKA's Comment:
The nomination is indeed, historical; however, there is one thing that bothers me. Does President Obama choosing Sotomayor because of her qualification, or is he preparing himself for the next Presidential Election to win the Hispanic voters? Or maybe he is trying to do both at same time. Since I haven't looked into Sotomayor's background and political belief, I can't really tell if she is qualified or not, but she is definitely in bystander's position to get both Democrats and Republican's voters.

On other hand, the Republicans need to step themselves up. But they are still going with their old political tactics to attack the nominee's personal life. The last time they did that against President Obama in the General Election for his connection with William Ayers, they miserably failed. They need to realize that time has changed. With this Internet based society, people are caring less about the nominee's personal life.