the rightwing czar

Or something like that.

Sen. Jeff Sessions, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor asking her to provide further information about her background, as jockeying continues in advance of Sotomayor’s July 13 confirmation hearing.

The Alabama senator has been outlining his concerns about Sotomayor, a federal appeals court judge in New York, in a series of public statements. He has cited her reliance on foreign legal sources, her position on the Second Amendment, and her role in the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF).

I have no doubt Sotomayor will be the next member of the Supreme Court, but hopefully we’ll at least have a good time putting her feet to the fire enough so that Americans can see what kind of legal mind Obama values.

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