The idea she isn't smart is hilarious. She was at the top of her class in the top law school in the country. You don't do that without being fucking smart.
Didn't Bush go to Yale?
Where he was a C student. Homegirl graduated Summa Cum Laude from Princeton and was an editor of the Yale Law Review. I've seen people trying to compare her to Harriet Miers, which is just laughable. Let's do some quick comparisons:
Sotomayor: graduated Summa Cum Laude from Princeton. Miers: graduated from SMU, no honors.
Sotomayor: Yale Law Review. Miers: SMU law school, no such distinction.
Sotomayor: Assistant DA. Miers: no criminal law experience.
Sotomayor: 6 years as Federal District Court Judge. Miers: No judicial experience.
Sotomayor: 10 years on 2nd District Court of Appeals. Miers: No judicial experience.
I wouldn't be against appointing a lawyer with no experience as a judge to the SC, but trying to appoint a lawyer of such low distinction was truly, truly laughable. So it was completely in character for our C student President.