How McConnell and Gingrich reacted to Judge Sotomayor’s 'wise Latina' comments

By Lee Cary

Mitch waffled, while Newt called Sonia a racist.
You may remember when appeals court justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered a controversial speech in 2001. 
In 2009, the New York Times remembered:

In her speech, Judge Sotomayor questioned the famous notion — often invoked by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her retired Supreme Court colleague, Sandra Day O’Connor — that a wise old man and a wise old woman would reach the same conclusion when deciding cases. 

“I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life,” said Judge Sotomayor, who is now considered to be near the top of President Obama’s list of potential Supreme Court nominees. 

Her remarks, at the annual Judge Mario G. Olmos Law and Cultural Diversity Lecture at the University of California, Berkeley, were not the only instance in which she has publicly described her view of judging in terms that could provoke sharp questioning in a confirmation hearing.

The Times May 14, 2998 article, written by Charlie Savage and entitled “A Judge’s View of Judging Is on the Record,”...........Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office released this statement on May 26, 2009:.........Boilerplate stuff............... what did former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich have to say about Sotomayor’s nomination?  Not so boilerplate stuff.......Read more