Sotomayor
By “Home Run” might be a little premature, but at the least a stand-up triple of an appointment:
Justice Sotomayor has completely dispelled the fear on the left that her background as a prosecutor would align her with the court’s more conservative members on criminal justice issues. And she has displayed a quality — call it what you will — that is alert to the humanity of the people whose cases make their way to the Supreme Court.
It seems worth noting that the Rosen hatchet job looks even worse now than it did at the time.