As a blogger, I often have a hard time figuring out where to draw the line between things that are suitable to write about publicly and personal thoughts that are best kept within an inner circle of my closest friends and loved ones. Thankfully, RedState.com's Erick Erickson was on The Colbert Report last night, so I now know the best place to draw that line is somewhere between accusing a Supreme Court Justice of fucking both goats and children and likening a White House spokesperson to the architect of Kristallnacht.

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As you've probably heard by now, Sonia Sotomayor — a poor Puerto Rican girl from the South Bronx who, through hard work and dedication, managed to become  a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals — has been nominated by President Obama to replace David Souter on Supreme Court.

So, what you're probably wondering is: Why is she evil? She looks on paper like a sterling example the American Dream, but she must be hiding something horrible, maladroit and offensive to all things good and decent.

Let's go check out WorldNet Daily. They'll have the answer!

In a forum at the Duke University School of Law in 2005, Sonia Sotomayor said, "Court of appeals is where policy is made. And I know — and I know this is on tape and I should never say that because we don't make law, I know. OK, I know. I'm not promoting it, and I'm not advocating it, I'm — you know. OK. Having said that, the court of appeals is where, before the Supreme Court makes the final decision, the law is percolating — its interpretation, its application."…

Sotomayor would replace the far left-leaning Souter and speculation was thick today whether she would — or even could — move the court further to the left.

Really? Is that it? Making a statement of observation about the formation of legal policy and its relation to the court system.

Frankly, I was hoping for better from you, WorldNetDaily.

As you've no doubt "heard" by now, President Obama "used" the word "empathy" in his press conference about "replacing" outgoing Supreme Court Justice David Souter. And we all "know" that "empathy" is a "code word" for "activist judge." Well, "President" Obama isn't the only "one" who can use "code words," if you "know" "what" "I" "mean," "and" "I" "think" "you" "do."

More from The Daily Show and Stephen Colbert's take can be seen after the jump.

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When Justice David Souter resigns in June, a rare and coveted slot will open up on the highest court in the land…

…for the ladies.

Long before Souter's decision was known, legal eagles and political observers were taking stabs as to who would be an ideal fit for a Barack Obama Court. Observers believe the Obama is likely to choose a woman, with only one currently serving on the bench. The president's thoughts on judicial philosophy, developed during his years as a law review editor and professor, will also shape his thinking. With that in mind, law blogs, speculative reporters, and (in private) elected officials had already begun bandying names about.

Yeah, diversity of experience, equal representation and blah blah — can we think this through for a minute? The last thing the bench needs is more women on it. The way I understand it, those people menstruate on everything. Especially benches.

Getting Ready To Rumble: As if things on Capitol Hill weren't complicated enough, David Souter's soon-to-be vacant Supreme Court seat will just make things bananas in Powertown. Chris Cilliza points out that the President is going to have to stump to win national approval for whatever Godless liberal he's going to want to nominate. [washingtonpost.com]

Tinfoil Hat Tantrums: Conspiracy theories are the favored refuge of the politically shellshocked. Which is why the Right Wing can't stop spinning nonsense about President Obama. Reihan Salam responds to their most popular, paranoid trope: that our President is a secret Muslim. Possibly, a double top secret Muslim. [thedailybeast.com]

Debunking The Obama Effect: David Weigel takes a rhetorical Ginsu knife to the rhetorical conservative trope that President Obama won office surfing a tidal wave of support from African-Americans. That, in fact, he won because he was a racial novelty. In fact, blacks have consistently voted Democrat for decades. Much the way Jesus has personally voted Republican since, oh, dinosaurs roamed the Earth 10,000 years ago. [washingtonindependent.com]

Assassination Attempt By Car: A driver tries to ram the Dutch Queen during her annual parade, and ends up killing five. Nick Squires unravels the facts surrounding this truly bizarre attack on a European royal family. [telegraph.co.uk]