The Sotomayor Verdict

Fear of prosecution does not absolve responsibility to Due Process.

And, Yes to Yglesias commenters, even a simple minded engineer saw through the initial Sotomayor decision. It was tough call, I give her that, all along it was split decisions.

Update.

Here is another report, in which the author credits Alioto with: "Thanks to Justice Alito for pulling back the curtain and showing the ugly reality of racial discrimination in America today."

It was an unseemly, ugly mess in which Sotomayor decided to ignore the law and apply local racism. She should not be confirmed.