She's the first hispanic nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court.
"I don't take this decision lightly," says Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
"I think it's a great day for women, I think it's a great day for minorities," says Jesse Diaz President of the League of United Latin American Citizens or LULAC and he applauds the nomination. "The Supreme Court should reflect you know, the population, and we've never had a hispanic in this capacity so I think it's a proud day for everybody."
Kyleen Wright President of Texans for Life is calling her a judicial activist. "We're thinking the law is made in Congress. And in our state, legislature's not looking for the courts to tell our legislatures what they meant or what they should do. We're looking for them to call the balls and strikes and be the referees."
Lynne Rambo Professor of Law at Texas Wesleyan University says, "There's nothing at all that surprises me or suggests that she's a judicial activist. Just by the fact that she said they make policy, and her pulling back because she knew she was on tape. It's because she knows that the public perception is exactly the one that I described. That the law should dictate everything. Good Lord, I wouldn't have a job, my students wouldn't have a job and so the cases that fall between the lines policy needs to be considered."
Professor Rambo expects Sotomayor to be confirmed.
"I think it's a great day for women, I think it's a great day for minorities," says Jesse Diaz President of the League of United Latin American Citizens or LULAC and he applauds the nomination. "The Supreme Court should reflect you know, the population, and we've never had a hispanic in this capacity so I think it's a proud day for everybody."
Kyleen Wright President of Texans for Life is calling her a judicial activist. "We're thinking the law is made in Congress. And in our state, legislature's not looking for the courts to tell our legislatures what they meant or what they should do. We're looking for them to call the balls and strikes and be the referees."
Lynne Rambo Professor of Law at Texas Wesleyan University says, "There's nothing at all that surprises me or suggests that she's a judicial activist. Just by the fact that she said they make policy, and her pulling back because she knew she was on tape. It's because she knows that the public perception is exactly the one that I described. That the law should dictate everything. Good Lord, I wouldn't have a job, my students wouldn't have a job and so the cases that fall between the lines policy needs to be considered."
Professor Rambo expects Sotomayor to be confirmed.
