Letter to the editor: Sotomayor’s stances make her a poor choice for court

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Sonia Sotomayor is a smart, well-educated attorney. She will not say anything controversial during her hearings. Therefore, one needs to examine her earlier statements to learn if she will be an unbiased fair Supreme Court justice. And it is obvious from her own words she has a political action agenda that would impede her ability to make fair judgment decisions.

Section 8 of Article I in the Constitution states that Congress shall have the power to make all laws. Article III gives the courts the power to apply the law equally. Sotomayor said in 2005 that “the court of appeals is where policy is made.” This arrogant attitude is contrary to the Constitution. These are the words of a left-leaning social activist.

A justice should be color blind and gender blind. Based upon her own comments Sotomayor is not color blind and not gender blind. She has said a wise Latina would likely come to a better conclusion in a given case than a white male. This comment is sexist and racist. A white man who said white men come to a better conclusion than non-white women do would be rejected.

The Second Amendment is extremely important to people who want to preserve the right to keep and bear arms. Sotomayor said the Second Amendment restricts the federal government but not the state government from regulating weapons possession. Her comment indicates she has a problem with gun rights.

Daniel Rugroden

Hickson, N.D.

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