Some Republicans will tell us that Sonia Sotomayor is in trouble, that Monday's Supreme Court decision to overturn one of her appeals court rulings should disqualify her from joining the highest court in the land.

Of course, because this is not unprecedented, the argument will be phony. Appeals court judges whose rulings are overturned can end up on the Supreme Court. It has happened before, and it surely will happen this time.

In spite of all the race-baiting arguments that wil ...

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