Judge Sonia Sotomayor Says Roe vs. Wade is "Settled Law"

And they are off! Senator Jeff Sessions came out swinging against Judge Sonia Sotomayor during his heated questioning of her positions. But his actions ring hollow to me because of his own questionable racist past. One thing is clear in this confirmation hearing, is the fact that Judge Sotomayor said Roe vs. Wade is settled law. She didn't dance around the issue, she was blatantly clear in her position. True to form, Senator Sessions proved once again, loud and clear, that he is a hypocrite. Considering his questionable racist past, he had the nerve to imply that Judge Sotomayor was less than honorable because of two positions she maintained in a stellar judicial career. He has essentially admitted that it is okay for a white man to harbor doubts, but problematic for anyone else. We have biases and prejudices, but it is A-okay for a white man like him to have them. He spent 30 minutes dancing around two issues, rather than looking at her entire career.

Twenty minutes into the second day of Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings and the hot button political issues have already been addressed.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, (D-Vt.), offered the Supreme Court nominee an open forum to explain the most controversial remarks in her resume: That a wise Latina judge would come to a different -- perhaps better -- judgments than their white male counterparts.

Sotomayor, obviously ready for the query, stated "up front, unequivocally and without a doubt" that she did "not believe that any ethnic, racial or gender has an advantage in sound judging."

"I do believe every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge," she added, "regardless of their background or life experience."

From there, she made a strategic political move by referencing similar remarks from retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who likewise noted how gender affected her approach from the bench.

"The words I used, I used them agreeing with the sentiment that Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was trying to convey... that both men and women were equally capable of being wise and fair judges," said Sotomayor. "That has to be what she meant, because judges disagree about legal outcomes all of the time. I shouldn't say all of the time, at least in close cases they do. Judges on the Supreme Court come to different conclusions. It can't mean that one of them is unwise despite the fact that people think that."

For the record, Senate Republicans weren't convinced. The committee's ranking member, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), pushed Sotomayor to explain her comments further, and the Senate Republican Communications Center sent out an alert to reporters that Sotomayor had made the wise Latina comments on multiple occasions, dating back to 1994. -- Sam Stein Source: Huffington Post

Of course, Fox News Chris Wallace and his panelists applauded Senator Sessions, but did you expect any less from them? All I have to say is that Senator Sessions is the same attorney who referred to a black attorney as a "boy." He is not credible in my opinion. Just a hypocrite and a "closet racist."