Identity Politics

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Jun 4 2009, 4:53 pm by Chris Good

At her Atlantic Correspondents blog, Wendy Kaminer suggests the ACLU has unofficially endorsed Sonia Sotomayor based on idendity politics (the ACLU doesn't endorse judicial nominees, but Executive Director Anthony Romero mentioned his "veneration and personal belief in Judge Sotomayor" in a post to the group's blog), despite a "mixed" record of Sotomayor's rulings on the ACLU's issues.

Comments (1)

tyf June 5, 2009 6:55 AM

I think we need it most in times of recession.Financial crisis affect the health of people so it does bring impact to the concern of government.The financial crisis has taught us a lot. One of the things the financial crisis has taught us is that even giants can fall, and even though he lives down the street, the local banker cares more for a balance sheet than anyone's household. It's been a terrifying ride, and hopefully the whole thing will be back up faster than the fastest rapid payday loans. The financial crunch has put a hurting on many industries and millions of people, and the lessons to be learned for the future are legion. There are now record numbers of people running for payday loans because of unreliable banks during the financial crisis.