McConnell will vote against Sotomayor

The Republicans’ leader in the Senate will vote against confirming Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, he announced Friday.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Friday he would oppose confirmation for President Obama’s pick to join the top bench, citing a concern over her regard for precedent and the finality of Supreme Court jurists’ opinions.

“Judge Sotomayor’s record of written statements suggest an alarming lack of respect for the notion of equal justice, and therefore, in my view, an insufficient willingness to abide by the judicial oath,” McConnell said in prepared remarks for a Senate floor speech on Monday.

“If…Judge Sotomayor were to become a Supreme Court Justice, there would be no backstop. Her rulings would be final. She