Archive for Cornyn
The Senator and the Justice — Cornyn’s Selective Outrage
Senator Cornyn is being given a pass on his audacity. Today, he asked soon-to-be Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor about whether a decision in favor of marriage equality would be “interpreting” or “making” law. The implication, of course, is that such a holding would be “making law” and therefore illegitimate.
To her credit, Sonomayor was (barely) [...]
Empathy and Activism: A Look at Senator Cornyn’s Own Judicial Record
During the Sotomayor hearings, Sen. John Cornyn of Texas has been among the most aggressive questioners. He seems particularly overwrought about the nominee’s statements that her experience as a Latina would somehow affect, or even improve, her decision-making. (Of course, the would-be justice has run as far from those comments as possible.) He and other [...]