Posted by
Always To The Right on Thursday, July 02, 2009 1:34:37 PM
Republicans have questioned how hard they should fight against Sonia
Sotomayor’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. After all, they have
objected the loudest to the dirty tactics unleashed by Democrats in
their successful blocking of Robert Bork and their smearing of Clarence
Thomas. Now, however, the AP reports that the group that Sotomayor
helped lead took sides in the political battle against Bork that kept him off the bench in 1987
Does this change the ground rules for Sotomayor’s confirmation
hearing? After all, apart from the beating Thomas took from Howard
Metzenbaum, Ted Kennedy, and Joe Biden, the Democrats, the Bork hearing
created the poisonous environment that exists to this day on judicial
nominations. If Sotomayor took part in that effort, she’s a political
figure — much more so than Bork at the time, and therefore fair game.