BuckeyeSam on June 4, 2009 at 1:26 PM

Remember the Bakkee decision and the consequences??

“Feelgood” decisions by misguided judges KILL PEOPLE!

Video: Graham on his Sotomayor meeting

U.S. courts are suppose to be guardians to the U.S. Constitution, and so far IMO, they’ve ALL miserably let our country down, on this issue because:

Lady Justice wears a blindfold for a reason. She is not to know of strife. She is not to know of circumstance. She is not to know of wealth or poverty, strength or weakness, education or illiteracy, gifted oratory or bumbling foolishness.

So does Sonia Sotomayor meet this critria???

Force the Democrats to reconcile their vote by voting for a ‘pro-life’ justice. Pin her down on that. Don’t be afraid that she is pro-life and you want her on because that’ll help. Get the Democrats on record rejecting a Latina because of her views on abortion. MOST Latinos are against abortion.

Make Latinos understand which party is pro-life (our chairman notwithstanding). Make Latinos understand that a vote for a Democrat is a vote for abortion on demand.

She can also be questioned about her opinions on controversial cases, especially when they were reversed by SCOTUS, as well as what she meant by controversial statements she has made, and how she intends to judge cases on the Supreme Court.

The questions need to be well-phrased so that Republicans appear to be pro-fairness and pro-impartiality, rather than anti-Latina. If so, voters in 2010 may decide they want more Republicans in the Senate, so that future nominations would be evaluated more fairly by the Senate.

I can’t recall where I read somewhere that someone who knows her claimed she is pro-life… not militant, but not pro-choice, by any means.

The left is going to blow one !!! BO will pay a price when KOZ discovers this and it will be too late. (LIFETIME appointment, mind you.)

stenwin77 on June 4, 2009 at 1:28 PM

I haven’t seen anyone say outright they know where she stands on life… but she did vote with Bush on not funding them overseas and that is a direct opposite of what Obama wants. That gives me hope.

There is some ground to be gained by vetting all her embarrassing racial biases. We should make her beg for an apology on her racist statements before she gets on the court. She should be publicly shamed for her racial views of superiority.

On the bright side: I think she is dumber than anyone currently on the court now and will not be able to convince any of those great minds to change their minds on any point. Her brain against Scalia, Roberts, Altio? I like those odds.

Apparently her writing is basically unreadable. That fact alone takes the teeth out of her activism! All she can do once on the court is use her writing to convince… if you can’t figure out what she is saying… it is buried in needless legalspeak… That is a real get for us.

Graham has it exactly right, imo. She seems bright, qualified by education and experience, seems to be some question of her judicial temperament, and then there are these comments which call into question her judicial philosophy with respect to gender and race, which have no place in the court.

Also, using the standard vomited up by then-Senator Obama, no one who is to her right, politically, should support her.

“Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial, we have always been, and we, I believe, continue to be, in too many ways, a nation of cowards,” – Eric Holder

HANG ON!

Instead of that premise, how about a premise that centers on that issue for debate?!

Here’s the premise that they should be operating from..

“Considering Sotomayor’s racist comments and her membership in a racist group, we should attempt to determine if there’s anything to the charges of her being racist.”

Dismissing that charge out of hand is simply premature at best and cowardice at worst.

Maybe Eric Holder was right.

73 votes minimum and it comes before the next court session begins. Place your bets.

Jazz Shaw on June 4, 2009 at 1:02 PM

61 at best, with the usual suspects stabbing us in the back.

Nice interview. Biggest surprise — you’re only 46 (same age as me). With your grandkids and all, I for some reason had you pegged as older than you are. Of course, that probably means I think I’m younger than I am.

The left is going to blow one !!! BO will pay a price when KOZ discovers this and it will be too late. (LIFETIME appointment, mind you.)

http://bench.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OGRmYzM5OWNkMzE5MWEzYTE0MTRiOTEzNDhmZDA4NGY=

… Will Graham’s support of the Amnesty Lite bill give him the authority to get tough on Sotomayor without angering Latino voters? We’ll see, if Graham stays this tough. …

IF Graham is not worried about her qualifications and is only worried about being re-elected, then I hope he FAILS in his re-election bid!

Or, am I just reacting to the useless thoughts of the author of this post? Hmmmm.