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I agree. Were I a Senator, I would have voted for Sotomayor and against Kagan. Comparing the two as the same is not intellectually fair. Sotomayer, has been a well respected judge for some time. Certainly, her politics are wrong, but she earned her reputation as a fair judge. Each party is going to nominate like-minded people to judicial positions, and a Democrat is rarely going to put someone we agree with on the court. Much like Ginsburg (who is a top notch intellect), Sotomeyer is a reasonable pick. Kagan was a political entity and nothing more and has no business on the court.

I do agree with others Sotomayer is performing poorly in this current role. She was likely awarded to the position with some guidelines by this administration. That said, she had a resume worthy of the court.

When appointed, Sotomayor was the most reversed single judge on the Appeals Circuit.

Hardly "a resume worthy of the court".

Unless we presume that "the wise Latina" does, indeed, know better.

You would vote for that leftist bitch for USSC? Why are you on FR?

There was the case out of my original hometown of New Haven, CT, involving its racial spoils system for fire department promotions (Ricci vs. DeStefano???). Sotomayor sat on the panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals that heard the case and ruled in favor of the racial spoils system by a vote of 2-1. Sotomayor wrote an opinion and I believe it was the decision of the court. The dissenting judge was a Democrat appointed by Slick Willie. That judge is Jose Cabranes, a former in house counsel for Yale University. His dissent was used against her in her SCOTUS confirmation. IIRC, Judge Cabranes (himself a Puerto Rican and a very fine man) flayed her alive for expressing her opinion without meaningful reference to judicial precedent and that she was merely letting her political prejudices play in the yard.

Same "wise Latina."

SCOTUS did the unthinkable and overruled this "affirmative action" decision and recognized that even Caucasian firefighters have rights, even in New Haven. What am I missing? Or am I right?