What would you like to ask Judge Sotomayor?

If you could have a U.S. Senator ask Sonia Sotomayor one question during her upcoming confirmation hearings, what would it be?

Americans United for Life came up with ten of them, and you can go vote on your favorite. Not sure whether that means it’s actually going to be asked, but what the hell. Can’t hurt to try.

My favorite is #6:

Question 6: While you were a board member of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF), the Fund repeatedly argued that abortion was a “fundamental right” and that any state limits on abortion should be examined with strict scrutiny. How can abortion be a “fundamental right” if it is not found in the text of the Constitution and was never recognized as a right in American history prior to Roe v. Wade?

It’s currently third in the voting, behind #10 and #1.

Of course, what I’d really like to ask her is: does the Second Amendment confer a fundamental right to own firearms to U.S. citizens? Why or why not?

And if the express language of the Second Amendment does not actually confer a right to bear arms, how does the “right to privacy,” cited as justification in Roe v. Wade but entirely absent from the Constitution, compare? Please explain.

Hat tip Dawn Eden, who’s filling in at Conservative Grapevine.