Sotomayor: Wise Latina

Good grief.

She is not bringing "racism" to the court. Rather, she is bringing, ineluctably and fundamentally, race itself, this smug little arriviste, this cheeky chica!

{Sorry. It's such a beautiful day!}

There is no need to fear a "bubbling crude" seeping out of the ground, bringing the Clampetts from the Ozarks to Beverly Hills -- in all their crudeness -- unprocessed and raw.

You'll feel better if you name it "life experience," more a considered thing of rich usefulness.

This reeling dance has caused some folks to reconsider that hefty concept of "empathy," and -- weirdly -- to announce that empathy scares the bejesus out of them.

OH, MY GOD. She might prove to be empathetic. And, I presume they presume, intellectually weak enough to be empathetic only toward sameness...

But I don't want her to overcome, aspire to overcome, or even consider overcoming, that which distinguishes her from the other justices.

Differences? How about *depth*?

I hope that she will plomb the depth of her differences -- not only as one more rich source of information, but also to heighten her awareness of areas wherein she may have bias. That's the hope I have for every Supreme Court Justice.