On Tuesday, President Obama nominated Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. She fits all the demographic boxes the media have been discussing, but what kind of judge is she? How would she act and reach decisions on the highest court in the land? Is she fair-minded or a judicial activist? Are Republicans right to worry she will legislate from the bench? Find out why at least one conservative legal scholar likes this selection, when we discuss all these questions with Pepperdine University law professor Douglas Kmiec.
