By Chuck Catania

As the new session in the Supreme Court gets underway, we are obliged to re-examine the Roberts Court. This summer, rhetoric of Sonya Sotomayor’s confirmation left Republicans and conservatives split. To oppose or to confirm, that is the question. Opposition, in many ways, was purely political, as is most opposition to Supreme Court appointees nowadays. Senator Jeff Sessions, among others in the more conservative side of the Republican Party, showed fierce resistance, and not surprisingly, in the end, symbolically rejected her nomination.

I’d like to take the time to point out that Justice Sotomayor is, despite what our politics may like to suggest, very qualified to serve on the bench. Continue reading →