bipartisanship my ass: Most panel Republicans to oppose Sotomayor

[spanone]

WASHINGTON — On the eve of their panel's vote, top Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee announced Monday that they'll oppose Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, joining a growing list of conservatives ready to vote against the judge who's virtually certain to become the first Hispanic justice.

Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the committee's top Republican, and Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, its No. 2, both said Sotomayor left them doubting her pledge of "fidelity to the law," and wondering whether she'd let her personal biases and prejudices interfere with her rulings.

"Her experience, however well-rounded, and background however inspirational, is not enough," Sessions said in a lengthy speech on the Senate floor. "I hope I'm wrong, but my best judgment, my decision is that a Sotomayor vote on the Supreme Court will be another vote for the new kind of ideological judging, not the kind of objectivity and restraint that has served our legal system so well."

The announcements solidify near-unanimous GOP opposition on the Judiciary panel to President Barack Obama's first high court nominee. Just one Republican on the committee, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, has said he will vote yes.

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[kirby]

1. Sessions spent most of his floor speech

crying about the 2nd amendment. Apparently that is the only one he cares about. And even then, he was disingenuous as usual.

[spanone]

2. these people have no intention of any shred of bipartisanship

[tj2001]

3. Democrats are stupid to be nice to these motherfuckers

[Maccagirl]

4. Obama's reaction will be telling.

Either he'll "do a Clinton" and roll over or

He'll treat them like that pesky fly "I warned you..."

I pray it's the latter, or it will be a looong four years.