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 May 27 2009, 07:12 AM
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Thoughts?
Obama choosing her definitely has some political motive behind it, no matter how much Obama says a "bipartisan confirmation" is needed. If the Republicans raise too much of a fuss over her they'll lose more of the Latino vote and that's fine with the Democrats. My reservations about Sotomayor herself are the comments about empathy and the recent case involving the firefighters. We don't need empathy in the courts, we need an understanding of the Constitution and a desire to uphold it. Her ruling on the firefighter case is disturbing, because she agreed with the District judge's opinion that allowing the suit to go to trial would open the door for the black firefighters to sue the city for not making a test that is passable by them. I say "who cares". The state will have to deal with the problems it creates by making quotas and trying to fill them. It's discrimination both ways. -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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May 27 2009, 05:59 PM
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she looks like a more liberal version of cathryn.
eek -------------------- I r Ur Gawd!
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Hartmann Sotomeyor May 27 2009, 07:12 AM
impala454 I read somewhere that she's been overturned by... May 27 2009, 07:47 AM moebary I don't like her, I think she's racist and... May 27 2009, 08:01 AM jwttu I don't know enough about her but it sounds li... May 27 2009, 10:28 AM woody i think she's gay
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