prosecutor and going on to be selected by president george herbert walker bush to serve in the federal judiciary and then promoted by president bill clinton a rare occurrence of that someone receives a bipartisan support for their judicial service which she had. and each time as those facts are recounted i watched her mother nodding. recalling what her daughter had achieved. what a great story is for america. when a great star is that president obama would give us a chance to consider judge sotomayor to serve as the first hispanic woman on that u.s. supreme court. for many who opposed judge sotomayor her life and achievements of her judicial record are just not good enough. after poring over 3,000 court decisions and hundreds of for speeches judge sotomayor's critics focused their opposition primarily not exclusively but primarily on one case, the ricci case, and on one senses from one speech.