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In picking Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama looked past her immaculate bio and the diversity she represents. In so doing, he also picked a Judge who did a couple things that will make it hard to peg her as liberal activist judge.

She has been well vetted. She was on the short list of candidates who were projected to be likely Kerry picks for the Supreme Court were he to become president in 2004.

Moreover, Sotomayor “saved baseball” and she ended a controversial nude photo shoot of 100 people in New York, helping then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani get out of a major political conundrum.

via Jennifer Donahue: Sotomayor Pick Will Drive GOP Crazy: Saved Baseball, Ended Nude Photo Show.

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