Obama '08?

Members of the committee that will vote "no" on Sotomayor understand that Sonia Sotomayor Doesn't Care About White People.

Based on this exhaustive review, the conclusion is unmistakable: in constitutional cases, Judge Sotomayor is solidly in the mainstream of the Second Circuit. After we analyzed every constitutional case in the Second Circuit over the past decade, what was striking was the degree of unanimity and consensus on a court roughly evenly split between Democratic appointees and Republican appointees.

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Even given the often-noted collegiality of the Second Circuit, Judge Sotomayor has been in agreement with her colleagues more often than most - 94% of her constitutional decisions have been unanimous.

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She has voted with the majority in 98.2% of constitutional cases.

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When she has voted to hold a challenged governmental action unconstitutional, her decisions have been unanimous over 90% of the time.

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Republican appointees have agreed with her decision to hold a challenged governmental action unconstitutional in nearly 90% of cases.

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When she has voted to overrule a lower court or agency, her decisions have been unanimous over 93% of the time.

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Republican appointees have agreed with her decision to overrule a lower court decision in over 94% of cases.

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She overruled lower court and agency decisions at a rate that closely conforms to the circuit overall average.

Our analysis shows that - far from casting her as an "outlier" - Judge Sotomayor's record is remarkably consistent with that of her colleagues. The analysis also refutes charges made since the day of her nomination that Judge Sotomayor is a "judicial activist." Any honest reading of the facts make it abundantly clear that Judge Sotomayor is a mainstream jurist.

From my article above:

Code:"I believe our legal system is at a dangerous crossroads," said Senator Jeff Sessions, the top ranking Republican on the committee.

Nothing but fear-mongering without any basis in fact or reality. She cannot make any decision on the supreme court by herself; one judge does not rule on laws being made by the supreme court; it takes a majority.