Posted on 05/26/2009 5:29:24 AM PDT by navysealdad
WASHINGTON (AP) - Officials tell The Associated Press that President Barack Obama intends to nominate federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor (SUHN'-ya soh-toh-my-YOR') as the first Hispanic to serve on the Supreme Court. Sotomayor, 54, would succeed retiring Justice David Souter if confirmed by the Senate. The officials spoke to AP on condition of anonymity because Obama has not yet announced his decision
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Married in 1976, divorced 1983, no children.
Princeton undergraduate. I wonder if she had the same miserable experience there that Michelle had?
That makes it questonable!
Indeed.
I would hope that a wise Caucasian man with the richness of his experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a Latina woman who hasn’t lived that life.
But as a judge, I would violate my oath and my public trust were I to so act.
Bias is bias. Ripping the blindfold from Justice invites favoritism. Doing so purposely by making a virtue of immutable personal characteristics elevates those characteristics over the rule of law.
If "equal protection" is subordinated to political or personal preference, respect for the law will not merely be diminished, but obliterated.
“It’s a better pick than he could have made.”
Yup. It could have been Napolitano, Kegan (((shudder))) or even Oprah. He’s got carte blanche and all the votes he needs. Anybody he picks will be confirmed. Had he chosen Hillary, he could have a ?moderate (like Powell!) to fill her SoS seat. Don’t those thoughts give you the creepy crawleys?
Instead, he appoints a catholic woman who made 2 unremarkable rulings on abortion which were fairly grounded in law. We are lucky its not far worse.
And a sexist! /sarc (kinda)
The Senate probably won't be far behind.
“from a viewpoint of positions held, overturned cases, etc., she seems quite qualified.”
What part of Courts make policy do you not understand? This woman is right up there with Johnny Red, Barrack! Statist! Communist!
Won’t blacks be upset that it wasn’t an African-American?
The decisions I referenced:
http://www.acandidworld.net/2009/05/06/serializing-sotomayor-abortion/
Or the strap-on as it were.
"General Rommel has been causing tremendous problems for our fighting men. I gave long and hard consideration to promoting George Patton to lead the fight against him. Although Patton seems the most qualified, I've decided to go with an Hispanic female."
I was just going to say, she hadn’t gotten the shaft since that night when she and Webb conceived Chelsea.
In simpler terms, she is a "subjectivist". "Truth" varies from person to person. "Good" varies from person to person. And, of course, since truth and good are variable we can never be sure of the meaning of the words of others, so accurate communications is impossible.
Nice pick, Barack.
Word was that Obams would go with his most controversial pick first, while his political capital is at its greatest; Hillary would be a safer pick than this one.
And the little people because it wasn't a dwarf. And the guys with eye patches and peg legs because it wasn't a pirate. And...
“Won’t blacks be upset that it wasn’t an African-American?”
They will be upset because the wind is blowing today, or it might rain, or it might not, or... well you get my point.
But, yes they will be upset but I bet they fall right in line and march to the Pied Piper!
grow up,,calling a woman a lesbian on no evidence is ridiculous.
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