Steele: Americans Will Decide If Empathy Is The Standard

Judge Sotomayor will become the Supreme Court’s first Hispanic justice when the Court convenes in October – a historic milestone in our history, to be sure – but many Americans still are uncertain about her legal views, especially regarding the Second Amendment. The president nominated Judge Sotomayor because she shared his belief in judicial ’empathy.’ Many have questioned how such a justice would decide cases that come before the Supreme Court. Now we will find out, and the American people will be able to decide if that is the standard they want in future Supreme Court nominees.