AAEA's got first-hand experience with Judge Sotomayor's 2007 Clean Water Act ruling, subsequently overturned (6-3) by the Supreme Court.
The Gristees cover this and other cases involving EPA. They like her (natch) and expect her to neatly replace "reliably green voter" Justice Souter.
And OpinionJournal provides an illuminating refresher on her involvement in a 2008 eminent domain "takings" case. "[S]he's going to be writing a lot of dissents," says James Taranto et al. Yup. But speaking as a white male here, do you think she'd rather do that, or be satisfied with issuing opinions (overturned or otherwise) on appellate court? No brainer.
[AP photo via the Wall Street Journal]
UPDATE: By the way, as Jeremy notes, Sotomayor isn't the first Hispanic nominee to our highest court.
Yeah, that comment was something else! But she fits Obama's criteria: empathy. I wrote about her appt yesterday on my April Lorier Perspective site, and it will be interesting to see if Al Franken wins in Minnesota, giving the Republicans no option for filibustering.
Just what we need, another judge who thinks the government can take our land. Is it just me, or is this one of the worst nominee's in history? Are Republicans going to stand up for us this time? Are some Democrats going to stop towing the party line and do the same?