Wow – the last time I updated was right before the wedding. I’m not sure why I’m blogging again. I don’t really think I am (even though longtime readers will note that the layout and look of the blog as changed…again), it’s just that I can’t fit the following into 140 characters.
Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor to replace David Souter on the Supreme Court. Unless Obama’s vetting disabilities continue, Sotomayor figures to be an easy confirmation and will likely preserve the ideological balance of the court, with Anthony Kennedy being the crucial tiebreaker in “difficult” decisions.
Rather than the classic and inevitable debate on whether Sotomayor is a liberal activist judge or a conservative activist judge, I propose we plot her, and the rest of the Supreme Court Justices, on a Cartesian plane where the X-axis represents Intellect (in addition to smarts, the general wisdom and righteousness of past decisions) and the Y-axis represents being fucked up (as in crazy).
For example, Clarence Thomas is criminally low on the X-axis and high on the Y-axis. Ideal Justices should be the complete opposite – very high on the X and very low on the Y. Scalia is off the Y-axis.
I wonder about Obama’s timing in announcing his nomination considering that in related Supreme Court news that is off the Y-axis, the California Supreme Court upheld Prop. 8. Stupid. I saw the “Marriage is for fags” t-shirt in public for the first time yesterday at Lee-Roy and Jamie’s BBQ and Bocce Ball Tourney. It is the best t-shirt ever.
