Is There Such Thing as a Conservative Liberal?

To the left of the Supreme Court are the liberals. The liberals believe in governmental action to achieve equal opportunity and equality for all. The state’s duty is to alleviate social ills and to protect civil liberties and individual and human rights. They believe the role of the government should be to guarantee that no one is in need. Believe that people are basically good. Liberal policies generally emphasize the need for the government to solve people's problems.*

Democratic President Obama’s nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, raised questions of her joining the Supreme Court after her disappointing responses, or lack of, in the hearings of her election. Sotomayor seemed to have distanced herself from the public and disillusion legal thinkers. She only raised question to a gender and ethnic bias, according to the GOP. With twenty eight years of judicial experience, Sotomayor (D) lacked response to issues, important to the left, of abortion, gun control and same sex marriage, as well as civil rights matters.

I don’t think that the Supreme Court is ready to have a member who doesn’t show her moral or liberal values. With lack of confrontation of her views and legal stand point she is questioning the Obama administration. Even though the Supreme Court would benefit from having another liberal body, since it is currently leaning to the right (conservative side), I don’t think they should admit someone so unspoken.

Sources: Washington post & Student news daily