Obama's Newest Racemongering Judge: California's Edward Chen

Publius Forum ^ | 10/16/09 | Warner Todd Huston

[Mobile Vulgus]

President Obama has gone out of his way to "diversify" the federal bench with his spate of nominations of various minorities chief of which was his successful seating of the "wise Latina,' Sonia Sotomayor, on the Supreme Court. Obama's nominees* for 10 district court openings include four African-Americans, three Asian-Americans, one Latino and four women. One of those nominees, San Francisco U.S. Magistrate Judge Edward Chen, received a favorable vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington today.

So what sort of judge is Edward Chen? Well, for one, the left-wing American Bar Association rated Chen a "well qualified" nominee and many of his associates at the ACLU speak highly of him. As an ACLU lawyer, Chen was known for opposing English-only policies and for pushing discriminatory affirmative action ideals. He even came to the aid of gang members in one case. Chen was quite the ACLU activist between 1979 and 2001.

His ACLU history would suffice to make many wary of him, of course. But for a segment of America, working for the ACLU is not a disqualifier. So in order to judge Edward Chen one must look at his past. Discovering what Judge Chen thinks of the country upon which he apparently assumes to sit in judgment is a telling exercise. Sadly, it seems he has quite a low opinion of the nation that he will be serving...

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[Mobile Vulgus]

This guy is a wacko leftist and Obama wants him as a judge? No surprise but can it be stopped?

[Non-Sequitur]

No surprise but can it be stopped?

Nope.

[Truth29]

Who says that he will be serving this Nation? More likely he will be ruling it. More and more we have rule by law, not rule of law.

[Unam Sanctam]

Of course not. Please thank the voters who voted in Obama and the Democratic majorities in Congress. They apparently didn’t like the idea of checks or balances.

[Nachum]

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