The Washington Post, May 27, 2009 by Maria Echaveste
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/26/AR2009052601170_pf.html
Even if she is not a governor or an elected official, she is someone who has a breadth of life experience that can only inform her interpretation of the Constitution. Her story is the quintessential American success story, built on hard work, and exemplifying values that conservatives have at times tried to claim as their own—which, of course, they are not.