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Sonia Sotomayor should bow out of justice running
Saturday, June 27, 2009 4:49 AM PDT
Supreme Court Justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor, for all intents and purposes, disqualified herself from consideration to the High Court with the following statement: "A Latina woman would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who has not lived that life."
If the aforementioned "white male" had made the statement that "(a) Caucasian man would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a Latina woman who has not lived that life," he would not only have never been considered, but he would rightfully be branded as racist — and I would lead the campaign against him.
The lady holding the scales wears a blindfold for a very good reason. Ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, weight, eye color, etc., have no place in an appellate judge's decision-making process. While many of their decisions may be based upon complex issues, the rules by which they reach them are relatively simple:
As a Supreme Court Justice, all are to make decisions based upon the law and whether the law passes Constitutional muster. President Obama, as he announced Sotomayor's nomination, has determined that each of those statues should have the blindfold completely removed by virtue of his desire to have someone on the bench who would bring "empathy" to the job.
Clearly, the oath that Sotomayor will be required to take that includes "(administer)ing justice without respect to persons" flies in the face of what this president expects her to do during her lifetime appointment.
Of course, there are those who believe that a simple apology from Sotomayor for her racist comment might suffice to avoid her being taken out of consideration. But that would place her in an equally difficult situation. If she contends that she said nothing wrong, for what exactly would she be apologizing? And if she does offer even a tepid retraction or other such statement to distance herself from her own words, would that in and of itself indicate that not only was her statement racist in nature, but that she truly is racist?
This is a very serious problem; the only solution is for Obama to ask her to withdraw, and permit the next person on his list to take a shot at this coveted position.
Jerome Kinderman
Lodi
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Giovanina wrote on Jul 4, 2009 9:51 AM:
" Obama could have nominated the ghost of William Rhenquist and Kinderman would still be drowning the LNS is reams of his petty hate and bile.
Give it a rest Jerome, before your hate consumes you and you end up mowing down innocents in the Holocaust Museum or bombing a federal day care center. "
Words from Mr. Hypocrisy and free speech hater! Instead of name calling, show some facts he is wrong in his thinking..Oh I guess you can't and will stick to the name calling. It's what you do best. "
Lee wrote on Jul 1, 2009 3:20 AM:
max stanfield wrote on Jun 27, 2009 11:39 PM:
dogs4you wrote on Jun 27, 2009 5:49 PM:
Leonard wrote on Jun 27, 2009 5:27 PM:
Give it a rest Jerome, before your hate consumes you and you end up mowing down innocents in the Holocaust Museum or bombing a federal day care center. "
Leonard wrote on Jun 27, 2009 5:23 PM:
Can anyone imagine a Obama nominee that Jerome would not be calling on to step aside? "
dogs4you wrote on Jun 27, 2009 3:18 PM:
voter wrote on Jun 27, 2009 2:18 PM:
gray cloud wrote on Jun 27, 2009 12:34 PM:
wtf wrote on Jun 27, 2009 11:41 AM:
In the purest sense, justice does not recognize sex, age, skin color, etc. Therefore, a potential future Supreme Court Judge shouldn't even bring these things up; and Jerome is quite right, if a white male had said the exact same thing, the "outrage" would have been palpable.
However, I do like reading your ongoing saga Billy Rubin! You should write a book! And please keep writing. LOL! "
Giovanina wrote on Jun 27, 2009 11:24 AM:
Plus she is a member of La Raza, a racist group.
That is social justice, so we know who the socialists are now. "
Billy Rubin wrote on Jun 27, 2009 10:20 AM:
After straightening his prized framed photo of glistening shirtless Jim Caviezel in his role as Jesus in "The Passion" (bless eBay!), Jerome glanced in the hall mirror to check his hair in the tiny area of glass not obscured by Post-It notes scribbled with fabulous new ideas for future letters to the editor.
"So!" he spat, "She thinks it's humorous that I speak like Truman Capote, does she?" wrinkling his nose and winking at his reflection. The dachshund winced and cowered further into the shadows.
"We'll just see-" he whispered silkily while slipping immediately into his favorite writing kimono, "-how funny Miss Cash Register Clerk thinks it is after her store manager reads THIS little missive."
The dog's eyes, first glassy then glazed, finally drooped shut once again to the endless hammering of the keys. "
Bob Hussein Loblaw wrote on Jun 27, 2009 9:23 AM:
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