Tell me again what a big tent gets you?

jeff_from_mpls on May 26, 2009 at 10:28 AM

Elected.

Resorting to partisan hyperbole to make the case for opposing Sotomayor isn’t an option on the Senate floor, I’m afraid.

starfleet_dude on May 26, 2009 at 12:34 PM

Well, you are right, so why a director of an organization that supports racial gerrymandering, and supports more rights for illegals?
You do know that she has been a long time director or an organization that supports those two things and others.
By your statement, you are opposed to those since you consider them so partisan.
Nice to know you are shifting your support.

There are important strategic questions regarding a filibuster:

– Could Obama pick a worse nominee, and get that alternate through the Senate? I presume there are potential nominees who might have an even worse approach to justice as Judge Sotomayor, but have restrained themselves better than she has from implementing such an ideology. Thus a worse candidate might be able to be confirmed. But I don’t know this for fact.

– Will the public support this nominee? Nearly all the MSM stories I have read about her avoid any mention of the most inflammatory remarks she has made or her record for being frequently overturned. As with Obama, these issues are being spiked, buried or rationalized away. So, the public is largely uneducated about the potential threats to justice of having a Supreme Court Justice like Sotomayor, and may think it’s “nice” to have a qualified Hispanic woman on the bench. Therefore, solid groundwork must be down to explain Judge Sotomayor to the people as lacking the judicial temperament, ideology or record to qualify.

Oh, baloney. Judges aren’t legal robots, nor should they be.

starfleet_dude on May 26, 2009 at 12:36 PM

Robots? no. They should however interpret the law according to the intent of those who wrote the law. Not by some specious reasoning based on their life experiences or their own empathies.
Our laws are written by legislators presumably enacting the dictates of the governed. They are not to be subverted to personal whim.

pannw on May 26, 2009 at 12:49 PM

Thanks ,For the record, the wiser part only refers to me and how I now choose to live my life.

oldernwiser on May 26, 2009 at 11:26 AM

Thanks for clearing that up. Not that it makes me feel any better, but yeah… Got to love someone who touts themselves as ‘wise’ and oh so much better than some white guy.

Heard she is a diabetic, anyone know what age she was when she got it and her current health?

txmomof6 on May 26, 2009 at 11:34 AM

She is a liberal so that makes her a stoned looney who will judge by emotion, not law.

Empathy has no place for a judge, in a court room. Any court room!!!

Oh, baloney. Judges aren’t legal robots, nor should they be.

At least we got Kyl. He is getting his act together since the illegal alien mess. Bravo Jon, bravo.

So you think racial gerrymandering is O.K.?
You think that illegal aliens should obtain more rights?

Resorting to partisan hyperbole to make the case for opposing Sotomayor isn’t an option on the Senate floor, I’m afraid.

starfleet_dude on May 26, 2009 at 12:15 PM

I believe there is video of Ms.Sotomayor espousing she would not, or does not necessarily adhere to the Constitution in her rulings, or thinking. There is a reason for justice being blind. So that anyone, rich, poor, or in between, recieves proper justice, which are guided by the laws, and the constitution.

Empathy has no place for a judge, in a court room. Any court room!!!

I’m inclined to think that perhaps they have done some of their homework on Sotomayor, and have their questions, and concerns ready….but also want to seem as if they’re playing this close to the vest.

If it’s standard, it’s standard. So let it begin.

starfleet_dude on May 26, 2009 at 12:15 PM

So you think racial gerrymandering is O.K.?
You think that illegal aliens should obtain more rights?

The appointment of Maria Sotomayor for the Supreme Court is the clearest indication yet that President Obama’s campaign promises to be a centrist and think in a bipartisan way were mere rhetoric. Sotomayor comes from the far left and will likely leave us with something akin to the “Extreme Court” that could mark a major shift. The notion that appellate court decisions are to be interpreted by the “feelings” of the judge is a direct affront of the basic premise of our judicial system that is supposed to apply the law without personal emotion. If she is confirmed, then we need to take the blindfold off Lady Justice.—

At least Huckabee serves up the “spite” for the “Crazy Base” while they’re waiting for Limbaugh to weigh in.

She’s been diabetic since she was very young

So even though she is replacing Souter (in his 60s) she may not have as long on the court as he would have due to potentially shorter life expectancy. Plus, supposedly she is not a consensus builder, so it could have been worse.

Meanwhile, we can be sure Limbaugh will give the Crazy Base their daily dose of spite.

starfleet_dude on May 26, 2009 at 11:45 AM

Scotty, will you PLEASE fix the damn transporter?