Here's some more information about Judge Sotomayor from a comment in another dailykos.com dairy:
"[Sotomayor] won't be accused of being a "liberal activist." Because she's not. She's a moderate/conservative. Who was originally appointed by Bush I to the district court. Who got 25 Republican votes in 1998 when she was appointed to the Circuit Court. And whose name was thrown around for awhile as a Bush II SCOTUS appointee who could make it thru the Senate"...
by Yirmiyahu on Tue May 26, 2009 at 07:13:04 AM PDT