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Sotomayor Sparks Debate Among Conservatives Over Originalism
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| Contributor | WA Indy |
| Last Edited | WA Indy Jul 29, 2009 11:22pm |
| Category | Commentary |
| News Date | Jul 29, 2009 11:00pm |
| Description | "Many conservatives oppose Judge [Sonia] Sotomayor's nomination because she does not appear to support originalism.... But when it comes to the race cases before the Supreme Court, too many conservatives abandon both originalism and judicial restraint [by claiming] that the Constitution's 14th Amendment mandated a policy of strict colorblindness by state and local governments.... The historical evidence that it did is weak.... To seek to invalidate laws without a strong argument that the Constitution requires doing so is precisely what conservatives usually mean by 'judicial activism.'" |
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