To evaluate the viability of the Sotomayor nomination, examples from recent history are particularly enlightening.

Will Judge Sonia Sotomayor's life experience, including attending a private Catholic school, lead to an uncomfortable conclusion--that government-supported school choice is just?

While people may disagree with specific things Sonia Sotomayor has said or done, they want the Senate to evaluate her based on other characteristics too.

Should she be confirmed, Judge Sonia Sotomayor may not prove an effective advocate for her liberal views on the Supreme Court.

Elena Kagan is continuing the process of Supreme Court nominees saying as little as possible in confirmation hearings, despite her past statements that the hearing process has become a sham.

This study tries to look broadly at confidence in the Court, views of the Court today, knowledge of current Justices, and at the kind of nominee people say they would like to see.

Barack Obama's election seemed to signal a fading away of identity politics, but he himself has made identity politics news again with his nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.

To truly de-politicize the process of Supreme Court confirmations, the president must select, and the Senate confirm, only justices who will remove politics from the court.