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Becoming a Supreme Court justice was a shock, Sotomayor says
LA Times ^
| June 20, 2014
| By TIMOTHY M. PHELPS
Posted on 06/20/2014 1:25:49 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
My mving to Washington and becoming a Supreme Court justice five years ago was shocking, like somebody throwing cold water on me, says Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
The transition from being a little known appeals court judge in her hometown of New York to being an easily recognized Washington personality was extremely difficult, Sotomayor said.
People stop treating you like a person, she said. Its hard for someone like me who really likes people and wants to have living room conversations that are not posted on Twitter.
Her comments came in a wide-ranging and, for a Supreme Court justice, unusually candid conversation about her life during the annual convention of the American Constitution Society, a liberal lawyers group, Thursday evening...
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: judicialactivist; liberalactivist; liberalprogressive; scotus; sotomayor; surrenderliberty; wiselatina
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To: Jim Robinson
Becoming a Supreme Court justice was a shock, Sotomayor says The feeling's mutual.
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posted on
06/20/2014 1:26:34 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Jim Robinson
It was a Maalox moment for the rest of us, too, oh wise Latina.
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posted on
06/20/2014 1:27:37 PM PDT
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: Jim Robinson
My mving to Washington and becoming a Supreme Court justice five years ago was shocking, like somebody throwing cold water on me, says Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
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Thats not shocking. Now if she had been holding a live 220 volt wire AND then the cold water was thrown...
That would have been shocking.
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posted on
06/20/2014 1:28:08 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
To: Jim Robinson
Shocked us all. You weren’t fit for dog catcher. Wise latina my ass!
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posted on
06/20/2014 1:28:16 PM PDT
by
Viennacon
(Liberals are like vomit in a lot of ways)
To: Yo-Yo
We agree, Sonia. We would not be cruel and ask you to keep on being shocked.
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posted on
06/20/2014 1:31:34 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: Jim Robinson
Funny, to the rest of us, it felt like being hit with a panful of used kitty litter...
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posted on
06/20/2014 1:33:50 PM PDT
by
DJ Frisat
(Proudly providing the NSA with provocative textual content since 1995!)
To: Jim Robinson
As no information and no favors had been exchanged beforehand to signal the decision!
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posted on
06/20/2014 1:36:07 PM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: Alex Murphy
A humble latino would have turned down the offer as inappropriate given her complete lack of qualification.
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posted on
06/20/2014 1:38:34 PM PDT
by
Louis Foxwell
(This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
To: Yo-Yo
wait three years and then resign. President Cruz will be more than happy to appoint a replacement.
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posted on
06/20/2014 1:41:25 PM PDT
by
amnestynone
(Lindsey Graham is a feckless, duplicitous, treacherous, double dealing backstabbing corksucker.)
To: Louis Foxwell
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posted on
06/20/2014 1:41:57 PM PDT
by
Eddie01
(Liberals lie about everything all the time.)
To: Jim Robinson
...American Constitution Society, a liberal lawyers group ... Now there's a dichotomy for you.
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posted on
06/20/2014 1:42:08 PM PDT
by
shove_it
(long ago Orwell and Rand warned us of Obama's America)
To: Jim Robinson
like somebody throwing cold water on me, says Justice Sonia SotomayorYes, I kind of had a clammy, cold feeling too. If she had that feeling, she should do the honorable thing, and resign. Oh sorry. Silly me, I thought maybe there was some honor among those clowns. I should have known better. There isn't any honor at all. What a sick, foul smelling, putrefying mess these dip sticks have made. Can the damage the libtards have done ever be repaired?
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posted on
06/20/2014 1:44:01 PM PDT
by
Mark17
(Rudyard Kipling: Liberals be wary, when the SHTF, The Wrath of the Awakened Saxon will clobber you)
To: Jim Robinson
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posted on
06/20/2014 1:47:13 PM PDT
by
Cyman
(We have to pass it to see what's in it= definition of stool sample)
To: Jim Robinson
Yes, it was a shock. Justice Sonia Sotomayor actually had to come into the office and do actual work. The fact she knows nothing about the law was a problem, but she's delegated her opinion writing to her staff (that's what staff is for). Otherwise, she's settled in to being the SCOTUS post turtle.
To: Mark17
Well yes it can be. But it would need to be as part of a concerted effort to get everything back into sane shape.
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posted on
06/20/2014 1:50:20 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: Jim Robinson
It’s still quite shocking.
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posted on
06/20/2014 1:52:41 PM PDT
by
pallis
To: Yo-Yo
Becoming a Supreme Court justice was a shock, Sotomayor says
"The feeling's mutual."
Right you are. She is too partisan to be fair, and too left leaning to follow the Constitution. ... Shocking, just shocking.
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posted on
06/20/2014 1:54:15 PM PDT
by
2001convSVT
(Going Galt as fast as I can.)
To: Jim Robinson
It was a shock to all of us, Oh Wise Latina.
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posted on
06/20/2014 1:58:45 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
To: Jim Robinson
I think she’s still shocked, permanently. Too shocked to think rationally.
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posted on
06/20/2014 1:59:07 PM PDT
by
fwdude
(The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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