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Sotomayor May Sue SCOTUS Over New Haven Ruling
Washington Examiner ^ | 6/30/2009 | Scott Ott

Posted on 07/01/2009 6:54:33 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross

Examiner Columnist | 6/30/09 5:55 AM News fairly unbalanced. We report. You decipher.

President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, announced today she may sue her potential future colleagues for racial bias over yesterday's 5-4 ruling that overturned her own decision in the New Haven fire fighters discrimination lawsuit.

The Supreme Court ruled in Ricci v. DeStefano Monday that an employer could not throw out the results of a promotion exam simply for fear of a lawsuit from racial minorities who fared poorly on the test.

Sotomayor accused the high court's "Constitutional literalists" of bias and an "abject lack of wisdom" in tossing out the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' prior ruling in the case which she joined.

"In their majority ruling in Ricci, Justices Roberts, Alito, Kennedy, Scalia and Thomas failed to take into account the cultural forces exerted on a Latina appeals court judge," said Sotomayor. "Historical, entrenched institutional prejudice can cause a person, even a wise Latina, to make emotional decisions which, while consistent with the cultural norms of the aggrieved ethnic group, might not comport entirely with the specific language of the Constitution -- a document of questionable practical value due to the Anglo-Saxon cultural bias of its authors."

Sotomayor said she hopes the threat of a lawsuit will be enough to persuade the Supreme Court to reverse its ruling.

"The court's rejection of my opinion proves, ipso facto, the kind of bias that President Obama will eliminate by placing me on the court," she said. "The all-male, non-Latino court majority lacks the sympathy to set aside the cold rationality of the Constitution for the good of the people."


TOPICS: Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: lawsuit; ott; ricci; satire; scrappleface; sotomayor
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psst. satire.
1 posted on 07/01/2009 6:54:34 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross
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To: Servant of the Cross

Had me going there ....


2 posted on 07/01/2009 6:56:25 PM PDT by SkyDancer ('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Servant of the Cross

Satire today, headline news tomorrow.


3 posted on 07/01/2009 6:56:48 PM PDT by TChad
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To: Servant of the Cross

brutal :)


4 posted on 07/01/2009 6:59:17 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("I've conquered my goddam willpower." Don Marquis)
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To: TChad

Satire today, headline news tomorrow.

Yep, the world is outside down. I feel like I may have eaten some magic mushrooms or some such.


5 posted on 07/01/2009 6:59:26 PM PDT by Islander7 (If you want to anger conservatives, lie to them. If you want to anger liberals, tell them the truth.)
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To: Servant of the Cross
Hahahahaha!

I wish I could think up stuff like this. Seriously funny! I loved it.

6 posted on 07/01/2009 6:59:49 PM PDT by jeffc (They're coming to take me away! Ha-ha, hey-hey, ho-ho!)
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To: Servant of the Cross

LOL! What’s that thing. “Onion?”


7 posted on 07/01/2009 7:03:12 PM PDT by RobbyS (ECCE homo)
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To: Servant of the Cross

lulz.


8 posted on 07/01/2009 7:03:32 PM PDT by cranked
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To: Servant of the Cross

It is getting VERY hard to tell the difference between satire and fact now that we live in Barry’s Wonderful World of Color.


9 posted on 07/01/2009 7:03:48 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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To: Servant of the Cross

Wow, I was really getting angry. Satire holds a little bit of truth. LOL


10 posted on 07/01/2009 7:05:58 PM PDT by EmilyGeiger
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To: SERKIT
I was listening to NPR the day the SC ruled on this case.

Not once did NPR mention Sotamayor's name in connection with this case.

I'm sure if the SC had ruled the other way, NPR would have been crowing Sotamayor's name.

11 posted on 07/01/2009 7:07:51 PM PDT by csvset
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To: RobbyS

It is Scrappleface but Scott Ott now publishes on The Washington Examiner too.


12 posted on 07/01/2009 7:12:44 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross
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"the Constitution -- a document of questionable practical value due to the Anglo-Saxon cultural bias of its authors."

Oh, no YOU didn't b1tch!!!
13 posted on 07/01/2009 7:13:41 PM PDT by papasmurf (Save us from 0bama, I prayed. Then I heard, "the 2nd, I saved")
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To: Servant of the Cross

If it were true, and she lost, obi-one would tell the SC to change their ruling. And some of them would want to obey.


14 posted on 07/01/2009 7:14:51 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault ( Obama, you're off the island!)
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To: Servant of the Cross

Dang, I been got! LOL


15 posted on 07/01/2009 7:14:52 PM PDT by papasmurf (Save us from 0bama, I prayed. Then I heard, "the 2nd, I saved")
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To: Servant of the Cross

I was going to post that I was praying this was satire. Come to think of it, I’m still praying this is satire!


16 posted on 07/01/2009 7:14:57 PM PDT by dangerdoc (dangerdoc (not actually dangerous any more))
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To: Servant of the Cross

“...the Constitution — a document of questionable practical value...”

This does indeed happen to be our President’s own belief — he has, in fact, referred to the U.S.Constitution as a “flawed document”.

It seems to be his opinion of Honduras’ Constitution, as well.


17 posted on 07/01/2009 7:15:36 PM PDT by SatinDoll (NO Foreign Nationals as our President!!)
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To: Servant of the Cross

Ahh,, but if liberals could have their own uncontested utopia this satire could be their reality. Then again, if they were never ‘Victimized’ their whole utopia would come crashing down. So they need us conservative ‘perps’ to hang around as punching bags do.


18 posted on 07/01/2009 7:22:19 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: Servant of the Cross

Whewwww!

Got my blood boiling there.
Shame on you. Bad bad Servant. Go to your room! :>)


19 posted on 07/01/2009 7:22:41 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (The plan... 0 in power for life. At least that's what they told him.)
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To: Servant of the Cross

He’s got a great ear!


20 posted on 07/01/2009 7:23:09 PM PDT by RobbyS (ECCE homo)
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