President Obama Selects Liberal Activist Judge Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court; Can Blue Dog Democrats Help Republicans to Derail this Pick?

President Obama Selects Liberal Activist Judge Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court; Can Blue Dog Democrats Help Republicans to Derail this Pick?
By Marc Chamot

Obama: "I want my justice to understand that part of the role of the court is to look out for the people who don't have political power, and for the people who are on the outside, the people who aren't represented, and the people who don't have a lot of money; who don't have connections. That's the role of the court."

We just don’t need any more activist judges who tread over our constitutional rights of voters’ electoral results, or someone who’s bent on interpreting the constitution further into shreds.

At first glance Judge Sonia Sotomayor seems to be a complete package for the Supreme Court. She’s Latina, of Puerto Rican origin and Catholic. She had been selected by former Republican, President George H.W. Bush into the federal court back around 1992. She then had the backing of Republicans at large. But unfortunately beneath her façade, there were problems amidst.

The big problem with Sotomayor, is that she’s an activist judge, who rules on issues rather than popular votes of the people, she tends to be the type of judge that would steal voters’ approved election results.

This is the big problem in the United States these days; we’ve become a culture where activist judges rule and step on our constitutional rights in exerting their “unconstitutional” powers to override voters’ initiatives. Instead of ridding these types of judges, it seems that President Obama and some Democrats want to add more of them into our court systems.

Our court systems have run amuck with these types of judges, like with California’s 9th Circuit Appeals Court; District Court and numerous others who have overturned numerous voters’ initiatives in the past. But our constitution “never said that judges are to make “policy” and “arbitrary decisions” over popular election results,” but they are.

Obama’s first selection to the Supreme Court could trigger a battle with Senate Republicans, who have indicated they may oppose the nomination.

But Democrats control nearly the 60 votes necessary to fend off a possible Republican filibuster and even Republicans said they have little chance of blocking the confirmation barring unforeseen revelations.

What’s worrisome to most are comments that she’s made while judiciating from the bench, She once said at a conference that a “court of appeals is where policy is made,” a statement that has drawn criticism from many, including conservatives who saw it as a sign of judicial activism.

“Judge Sotomayor is a liberal activist of the first order who thinks her own personal political agenda is more important than the law as written,” said Wendy E. Long, counsel to the Judicial Confirmation Network, an activist group. “She thinks that judges should dictate policy and that one’s sex, race, and ethnicity ought to affect the decisions one renders from the bench.”

Blue dogs Democrats could be the instrument to go along with Republicans to block the nomination of this voter unfriendly activist judge.

The Blue Dog Democratic Coalition is a group of 51 moderate and conservative Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives.[1] The Blue Dogs promote, among other things, fiscal conservatism and accountability. Many members come from conservative districts, where liberal Democrats comprise a decided minority of the general population.[citation needed] In 2006, Blue Dog candidates such as Heath Shuler and Brad Ellsworth were elected in conservative-leaning districts, ending years of Republican dominance in these areas.

Contact these Blue Dog Democrats to say no more Activists Judges in the Supreme Court!

Blue Dog Democrat Members
Jason Altmire (PA-4)
Mike Arcuri (NY-24)
Joe Baca (CA-43)
John Barrow (GA-12)
Marion Berry (AR-1)
Sanford Bishop (GA-2)
Dan Boren (OK-2)
Leonard Boswell (IA-3)
Allen Boyd (FL-2)
Bobby Bright (AL-2)
Dennis Cardoza (CA-18)
Christopher Carney (PA-10)
Ben Chandler (KY-6)
Travis Childers (MS-1)
Jim Cooper (TN-5)
Jim Costa (CA-20)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Lincoln Davis (TN-4)
Joe Donnelly (IN-2)
Brad Ellsworth (IN-8)
Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-8)
Bart Gordon (TN-6)
Parker Griffith (AL-5)
Jane Harman (CA-36)
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (SD-AL), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Administration
Baron Hill (IN-9), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Policy
Tim Holden (PA-17)
Frank Kratovil (MD-1)
Jim Marshall (GA-8)
Jim Matheson (UT-2)
Mike McIntyre (NC-7)
Charlie Melancon (LA-3), Blue Dog Co-Chair for Communications
Mike Michaud (ME-2)
Walt Minnick (ID-1)
Harry Mitchell (AZ-5)
Dennis Moore (KS-3)
Patrick Murphy (PA-8)
Glenn Nye (VA-2)
Collin Peterson (MN-7)
Earl Pomeroy (ND-AL)
Mike Ross (AR-4)
John Salazar (CO-3)
Loretta Sanchez (CA-47)
Adam Schiff (CA-29)
David Scott (GA-13)
Heath Shuler (NC-11), Blue Dog Whip
Zack Space (OH-18)
John Tanner (TN-8)
Gene Taylor (MS-4)
Mike Thompson (CA-1)
Charlie Wilson (OH-6)