Reply #3: ABA, Lawyers Watchdog Goups...

[KharmaTrain]

There are plenty of sources for these reviews. For example, it was such peer review on Clarence Thomas that brought not his temperment and poor work habits to the fore (as well as Anita Hill)...we learned this is how he operates on the court.

You'll see these peers at the confirmation hearings...folks like Lawrence Tribe and Jon Turley and Ted Olson...from all sorts of political stripes, but people who have either been involved with cases in front of her court or have looked at her work...from a legal, not a political level. I hope that makes it clearer.

I agree that appeals should be taken into consideration...put it all on the table...but I'm more for building a bigger picture of who Judge Sotomeyer is. A good example on the other side is Harriet Meyers...I still shudder to think how close she came to getting onto the court and how little anyone knew about her.

Cheers...