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Obama picks Sotomayor for Supreme Court, good decision or bad decision?

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P resident Obama has finally made a choice for his pick to replace retiring Justice David Souter . A question on every one's mind including those that do not follow politics, is Sonia Sotomayor a good choice? Let me preface by saying that my position on supreme court and the justices that serve there is quite simple. Our country has a piece of document on which this nation was built, this document is called the Constitution and it can be best described as vague. While this nation strives it's best to abide by what is written within the document, often the language can lead to disputes. When no one can determine whether or not laws violate the constitution the burden falls on the supreme court to determine this vital question. Therefore a justice on the supreme court has one task and one task only as far as I am concerned; interpreting the constitution and ensuring our laws are valid. Under no circumstance should our highest court, create laws, for better or worse we have Cong