Sotomayor - Centrist?

The claim is advanced that Sotomayor must be a "centrist" because she was appointed to the appelate court by President George HW Bush. Just like David Souter! In fact, Sotomayor is by almost all accounts the very most liberal judge on the Second Circuit, with an ominous enthusiasm for racial preferences. I'm still looking for the text of the 2002 speech Ben Smith mentions today in which she delivered a rousing defense of such practices. If any reader has, please send to editor@FrumForum.com