Miranda Warning

Manuel Miranda, the strategic mastermind of uncountable struggles for conservative principle in the courts, issued this statement today on Sonia Sotomayor:

"The President has nominated a highly-credentialed judge with an inspiring life story. Regrettably he also tainted the nomination from its start by suggesting that his nominee would judge based on personal feelings and background, or be biased with empathy for particular classes of litigants. Judge Sotomayor now has a much higher hurdle to climb than any nominee before her. The President's taint combined with her aggressive record present an ample stage for a great debate in the Senate.

"The fact that Sonia Sotomayor is a Latina should not give Republican senators any political pause or hesitation from giving her the scrutiny that all nominees deserve. There is no larger demographic group in America today that could better understand what it means to have courts and judges who favor one side over another, without an argument ever being made, than do Hispanics. It is among the reasons why we came here. This nomination offers a great opportunity to explain to Hispanic Americans why the Constitution must be defended against judges who would rewrite it according to personal politics and biases."