Ma'am;...You are kind of the Aunt Tom of hispanics...I don't blame you... Even in the death camps there were people who identified with the oppressors... It is the one thing that makes life easier for victims... We should all identify with the victors in life, and try to curry favor with them...I can't do it, and if Mrs. Sotomayor can't do it, I do not know why... She is trained to the form of law, and she is conditioned by the form of wealth, so if she cannot see it their way I don't know who can... I have bad breath and B.O... I can't even get people I like to like me, so why would I try to get a bunch of rich a-holes to see me as a human being... I think the rich see us only as much as they can use us... I think they see hispanics only as much as they can use them...I think they only see Puerto Ricans as much as they can use them... And they only see women as much as they can use them...It would not be unnatural for Mrs. Sotomayor to see things from the point of view of the underdogs... That is what the law is really about...Law is about repairing the relationship so the forms in society will work.. It does not matter what the constitution says if no one, expecially those in government cares to read it...Instead, everyone ought to try to see beyond the forms, of law, of government, of society, of power, of wealth to our true purpose here, to build a nation of many different people...If we were a family we would not see the greed of one feeding on all others as a virtue...The thought that some good should come out of that vice is daft...That court is the place where freedom will be rescued or finally doomed... Before that court stands for the constitution they should read it, and judge it according to its well stated aims... It has not done what it was intended to do...It is impossible for this divided people to fix the constitution to make it work for us... So if we do not have an active court, and a court willing to see beyond the constitution to the goals those who wrote it clearly stated; then we are only marking time till the end of this country once and for all... Lincoln said it: A house divided cannot stand...Thanks...Sweeney

Linda - liberals don't need to conform minorities because they already know about social injustices first hand. They already want equal justice under the law, and they already believe in civil and human rights. Disadvantaged people are already aware of the greediness of the filthy rich and large corporations. Judge Sotomayor's critics are indignant over her audacity of being proud to be a Latina! Some of them seem to be fearful of her threat to the status quo and to their white male domination. And, some of them probably didn't have to struggle throughout their lives and therefore don't fully understand different people or feel their pain and suffering. Because of their lack of empathy, they should be only looking at her education and experience on the bench and not be ignorantly stereotyping her gender and race. But I must say, her being a double minority should add a fresh perspective and more insightfulness (wisdom) to the U.S. Supreme Court. It's only natural that our experiences affect our decisions and lives, we are human beings not robots. Personally, I will be happy to finally see a brown face on this high court! President Obama did promise us diversity (and fairness), didn't he?