Oooh! early opposition to Sotomayor sounds just a weeee bit racist

[underpants]

Not so some conservative groups. "Judge Sotomayor is a liberal judicial activist of the first order who thinks her own personal political agenda is more important than the law as written,” Wendy E. Long, counsel to the Judicial Confirmation Network, said in a statement. “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.”

"She reads racial preferences and quotas into the Constitution, even to the point of dishonoring those who preserve our public safety," the statement added. "On September 11, America saw firsthand the vital role of America's firefighters in protecting our citizens. They put their lives on the line for her and the other citizens of New York and the nation. But Judge Sotomayor would sacrifice their claims to fair treatment in employment promotions to racial preferences and quotas. The Supreme Court is now reviewing that decision."

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/05/obama_picks_sot.html

Only white people can keep us safe?? :shrug: