Posted on 08/05/2009 6:06:42 PM PDT by Kaslin
Judge Sonia Sotomayor appears bound for a seat on the Supreme Court. Even so, Republicans should use her nomination to educate the American people about the dangers of politicizing the judiciary.
Sotomayor is a competent jurist who symbolizes hard work, personal achievement and ethnic diversity. However, as Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., argued during the hearing on John Roberts, "the burden of proof for a Supreme Court justice is on the nominee." She has not met that burden.
Judge Sotomayor's advocates have emphasized her moderate record on the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals. But in several decisions she has summarily dismissed protection of fundamental liberties. Moreover, Circuit Court judges remain constrained by the possibility of Supreme Court review — and the hope of advancing to the high court.
How would Justice Sotomayor act? She's been involved in ethnic identity activism throughout her college and professional life. She spent 12 years as a board member of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, which promoted the usual ethnic and liberal agenda.
Her judicial vision is extreme. Perhaps her most famous comment was that "a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life."
Six years ago she declared: "Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences . . . gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging."
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It’ll go to “The Wise Racista”.
No, it comes down to Democrats and RINOs against conservative Republicans. IMHO
And they eight of them who are voting for her.
“Sotomayor is a competent jurist........”
No, She’s not.
**It Comes Down To Sotomayor Or Constitution**
I’ll take the Constitution! Thanks for the post.
This is the process that the founding fathers saw fit to make the judiciary as impartial as possible. If judges were elected they would be even more political. There doesn't really seem to be a better solution as to how the GOP can "educate" the public on this. The article is stupid. This is the way the US Constitution works. When there is a Republican President the Rats write exactly the same articles and the GOP uses their arguments. Except of course the GOP never had 60 senators at any given time.
I vote for the Constitution, but most Americans and their liberal senators stand with Sotomayor because they liked her in her Senate committee appearances. They don’t understand the disconnect.
And Pat Toomey would vote to confirm this woman. God help us all.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2307772/posts
Never had a great deal of respect for the Supremes but this looks like the end of it.
I don’t care for Affirmative Action judiciaries.
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