Wednesday, July 15, 2009
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Sotomayor Displays a Lack of Deep Thinking
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Posted by:
Townhall.com Staff at
11:36 AM
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Guest post from Ilya Shapiro
It strikes me that Sotomayor has been fairly forthright in her responses to questioning, not hiding too much behind the tired cliche that she can’t answer a question because it could lead to prejudging a case—certainly far less than Ruth Bader Ginsburg and even John Roberts. Still, on several important issues, such as property rights, national security law, abortion, and even her overall judicial philosophy, she has appeared disingenuous in saying that she has no firm views on the subject—hiding behind precedent again and again as if first principles didn’t exist. In other words, she says a lot—displaying a broad knowledge of cases and legal doctrine—without answering larger questions. She answers questions about what the law should be with what the law is, questions about what the Constitution says with what the Supreme Court has said about the Constitution.
This would be barely appropriate for a nominee to a lower court, who is, of course, bound by precedent. But senators rightly want to know a Supreme Court nominee’s preferred legal theories, what her view of the Constitution is unencumbered by others’ attempts to interpret that document.
The more Sotomayor speaks, the more it becomes clear that these types of nonanswers, this inability to see (or lack of desire to express) a big picture view, is her own essence. It continues a pattern that is evident from her judicial opinions, which are mostly unremarkable and, in the neutral sense of that term, unimpressive. For all her career success and a personal story we should all celebrate, she is an average judge who apparently gives little thought to the broad swath of law and where her rulings fit into that.
That is, Sonia Sotomayor is not a Cass Sunstein or Larry Tribe or Elana Kagan or (fellow circuit judge) Diane Wood. She is not a scholar or an ideologue. Her liberality is reflexive and warmed-over, a product of the post-modern educational environment that formed her in the 1970s—complete with ethnic activism—but not an intellectual edifice. This does not mean she isn’t a danger to liberty and the rule of law, or that her votes and opinions won’t harm the Constitution. But it does indicate that, for all her bluster about being a “wise Latina,” she is little more than a left-leaning empty robe.
Ilya Shapiro is Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute and Editor-in-Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review
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sounds like a self centered, condescending, sanctimonious, over-rated egotist fool.
I'd bet big money that IT is one of those "limo liberals" from Marin county, Ca,...the same "peoples republic" that spawned "Jihad Johnny"!
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I wrote my comment after I reading Ilya Shapiro's bio at the Cato Institute. I assume you are suggesting I contact him by email.
Based on my previous experiences with this approach, it is doubtful he will take the time to expand his opinion about Sotomayor for me to include any details and facts.
I repeat he has no judicial experience. Since 2008 he file briefs with the US Supreme Court (he for the CATO Institute adjoined with several other organizations, etc.), on a number of cases. I believe 14 in all. I don't plan to spend the time reading the briefs to see if I think he is a "deep thinker". Indeed, I would not be able to determine which section of the briefs was written by him or others. |
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Gov.,Palins background sounds impressive to me. Now compare that to the Resume of the naive, short'term Senator Obamas Ha! What hypocrisy. Where's the beef? Sarah Palin has more then just book sense and smarts. Unlike Obama, she has wisdom and commin sense with her intell-igence! Open your narrow, one track mind and see the darkness at the end of the Presidents tunnel vision! Ex Democrat |
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Your Son's Code is " Duty,Honor,Country ! "
Kaboom's Is " Me,Myself and I . "
Again,Apples and oranges.
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Let me give you some info on Kaboom. On another thread she claimed that I had blood on my hands because my son was a soldier. She also said that she would do anything to make sure her children never served in the military. She has no respect for our soldiers believe me. |
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when one needs only a band aid to cover their injury I would hardly call that a wound. Please address his statements to congress regarding his fellow soldiers. Please tell me what you think about that. Remember if his fellow soldiers were doing the things that he claims as an officer he should have reported these actions immediately, not waited to make a splash in front of congress. His nothing more than a phony. |
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You just "Dissed " American Volunteer Warriors.
Now,we have your number,as well.
Cleland was wounded by Friendly Fire. A improperly secured grenade. |
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Thats right continue to diss our fine men and women of the military. In another thread you claimed they would climb in tanks and take over those who would fight to maintain their right to bear arms. You had better rethink that statement. As I said these fine young men and women fight to save freedom. Kerry was a disgrace to the military. As far as Cheney is concerned you should respect that he never entered the service. After all wasn't it you that said you would do anything to make sure your children never went. Cheney should be your hero here. Sounds like you change your mind to suit your purpose. Oh by the way my son is very well educated and in his right mind and yes he has choosen the military as his career. Your opinion of our service men is quite telling. You are a self centered boob. With ideas like you have I would say that your parenting skills are in question as well. |
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* The way I understand it Kerry did not expect his mission to be quite so hard when he served on the swift boats.
Whether he expected it or not, he did volunteer and he did serve on a swift boat. I am willing to bet lots of men and women volunteered for a duty they thought would be safe, only to have the mission change, or be reassigned once they reported. How many of the men and women in the National Guard thought they would be deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan when they enlisted in the Guard? But they are there, they are serving.
* His injury not very severe and most of his fellow soldiers would not have allowed themselves to be sent home.
In 1969, Naval regulations stated that any soldier wounded in combat 3 times be AUTOMATICALLY reassigned away from a combat zone.
You cannot speak for anyone other than yourself, so to say what "most of his fellow soldiers would do:" is speculation or spin on your part.
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You and Your Nam Vet Husband have Kerry's number.
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I am so tired to hear his service disparaged, esp. when Cheney and others avoided service. I thought then (and now) that anyone who volunteered to serve in Vietnam had to have his head examined, as I believe anyone who serves in Iraq should have. But when he went, got injured, etc, like Cleland, and the so-called patriotic GOP felt it was just fine to crucify both men over political differences.
I just love, by the way, the demeaning of someone (i.e. that I'm some kid living at home, when I'm a 37 year old mother who works part-time) in a childish way because you know you are on the wrong side of an issue (where are those 51 no votes).... |
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Yes Kerry needed a band aid,
What a hero. Also what kind of hero would have made the allegations he made against his fellow soldiers. He was an opportunist and nothing more. He surely was no Hero. Your brother on the other hand was and Kerry's name should not even be mentioned in the same sentence as his. |
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Could you do a resume for Obama. Oh that's right not enough to fill a page. At least Palin owned a business. That in its self puts her head and shoulders above Obama. |
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Here you go:
ishapiro@cato.org
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The story he told was different from what his crewmen had to say about that night. According to Kerry, they had been engaged in a fire fight, receiving small arms fire from on shore. He said that his injury resulted from this enemy action.
Some of his crew confided that they did not receive any fire from shore, but that Kerry had fired a mortar round at close range to some rocks on shore. The crewman thought that the injury was caused by a fragment ricocheting from that mortar round when it struck the rocks.
The wound was covered with a bandaid.
My Big Bro was awarded a Bronze Star for single handedly moving forward under fire and eliminating an NAV machine gun emplacement at The Battle Of The Rock.
Apples and oranges ! |
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I wanted Hillary to win, even before Obama was in the running, mainly because of Gender. Still do and Lady Sarah has what it takes. However, I could never vote for my own kind, identity pride, unless he or she were qualified, the best of the rest!
When groupies vote for a Celebrity type, ill prepared Obama, to be leader of the free world or because we need a first time Hispanic for Public Relations sake etc., that is scary and doing our great Country a disservice! Ex Democrat
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When you say Lady Sarah, are you referring to Sarah Palin soon to be Ex-Governor of Alaska?
She has what it takes to be the leader of the free world?
Here is her Resume, tell me what is it that makes her qualified.
NAME: Sarah Heath Palin.
AGE-BIRTH DATE-LOCATION: 44; born Feb. 11, 1964; Sandpoint, Idaho.
EXPERIENCE:
* Governor of Alaska (pop 650,000) 12/06 - 7/09 - 2½ years;
* Unsuccessful run for Republican nomination for lieutenant governor in 2002;
* Chairwoman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, 2003-2004;
* Served two terms as mayor of Wasilla, AK (pop. 5,469 at the 2000 census);
* Served two terms on Wasilla, AK city council.
EDUCATION: Graduated University of Idaho, 1987, journalism.
FAMILY: Husband, Todd; five children.
BUSINESS:
* Worked as sports reporter for two Anchorage television stations;
* Owned with her husband a snowmobile, watercraft, ATV business from 1994-97
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I have no way of determining whether the conclusions asserted by Ilya Shapiro have merit given the nature of the confirmation process for Sotomayor (which I have watched). It is obviously a game that is being played in the Senate. Sotomayor would be foolish to say any more than she has to. Whether Sotomayor is a deep thinker or not remains to be seen when she is confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice (which is obviously very likely to occur). However, given the fact that the author of this post is from the CATO Institute (and is closely connected to the Federalist Society), I need to consider his associations and weigh this fact in giving credibility to his opinion, which is not supported by any details whatsoever (we are simply to trust him because of his "credentials"). Given that my opinion of the "deep thinkers" at the CATO Institute is not very high, I must assume that Shapiro's observations are most likely (not quite the standard of beyond a reasonable doubt) politically motivated. I might also add that given his own experience (he has never been a judge) that his pronouncement is quite arrogant. Are we to assume from this post that he, Shapiro, believes he is among the legal elite, or as he puts it a "great thinker"? Why should I assume that his sparse analysis of Sotomayor and her legal writings and opinions is worth more than others whom I have read who disagree with him? Given the obvious bias of the CATO Institute and the Federalist Society in the confirmation of Sotomayor, I just can't give much credence to this gentleman's "opinion". If he actually provided some content to his argument I might view it differently.
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The way I understand it Kerry did not expect his mission to be quite so hard when he served on the swift boats. His injury not very severe and most of his fellow soldiers would not have allowed themselves to be sent home. What is your opinion of his bravery when he sat before congress and gave a vile report on what he claimed his fellow soldiers were doing in Vietnam. Would you call that an act of heroism?
Kerry was no hero and surely he did everything he could to diminish those who were. |
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As far as Kerry is concerned ,he's a plastic fraud . My older brother was a Nam , Double Deuce Regular Combat Infantry Platoon Leader who killed and captured NVA regulars up close and personal.
Unlike Kerry ,He earned his combat decorations.
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You should be proud of your brother.
But as for Sen. Kerry. He was in the Navy, serving on a ship off the coast of VietNam. He had a safe cushy job, 3 meals a day and a nice bed to sleep in...
However, on his second tour of duty, he volunteered to serve on a Swift Boat in the river deltas. Certainly not an easy or safe assignment.
His service is no less honorable, nor his combat decorations less deserved than your brothers.
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Your Husband is a Real Man ,Kerry is a FOP ! |
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Most of us prefer one race over another, mostly because we shy away from that which isn't personally familiar to us. Mostly, it takes a strong Christian faith to help one love an enemy and be able to forgive a wrong. I wanted Hillary to win, even before Obama was in the running, mainly because of Gender. Still do and Lady Sarah has what it takes. However, I could never vote for my own kind, identity pride, unless he or she were qualified, the best of the rest! When groupies vote for a Celebrity type, ill prepared Obama, to be leader of the free world or because we need a first time Hispanic for Public Relations sake etc., that is scary and doing our great Country a disservice! Ex Democrat |
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This latino in drag by relative measure makes Harriet Meyers look like a "Deep Thinker". |
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Tell your brother thanks for his service. My husband also served in Nam and has plenty to say about Kerry. He has said that most would not have even accepted a metal for the scratches Kerry received. Most would have been too proud and too busy. |
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and fight for the institutions which made her great, or you don't and want to bring America (& Capitalism) down, never to be industrious again. Either you want big government deciding everything for everyone, or you want the USA we grew up in to be here for our children to have a chance at prosperity. It is simple as that, and yes, there may be a cival war over this real soon. It is no longer a Republican - Democrat thing. The "Bring down the USA" crown has taken over the Democrat party. Now, it's about the continued existance of the USA & Capitalism. That is just the way it is. Keep track of the targets. |
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Apparently ,Obama was an Affirmative Action Boy at Haavaaaddd !
Also it's apparent that's why he's hiding his scholastic records at Occidental and Columbia.
But honors listings are public.
As far as Kerry is concerned ,he's a plastic fraud . My older brother was a Nam , Double Deuce Regular Combat Infantry Platoon Leader who killed and captured NVA regulars up close and personal.
Unlike Kerry ,He earned his combat decorations .
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Bush threw a strike in Oct 2001. Obama threw a girly pitch which almost made it to home plate before bouncing! |
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Maybe Kaboom's mommy or Daddy is a product of an Ivy League school, but I doubt if Kaboom is out of his partnts house, yet.
Please ignore him (comments about him encourage him to be even more idiotic). |
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Apparently kaboom does not care if Obama was qualified to attend Harvard or was just the product of affirmative action. Yes who cares if he really has the brains to run the country, he got into an ivy league. What a stupid attitude. As far as her take on the military she thinks they are all a bunch of losers that is quite obvious. Oh and by the way Kerry was no Vietnam Hero. The real heroes would not have taken their medals and run when their injuries where so minor. Most in fact did not give a dam about medals they went back into the field. Kerry is a phony. |
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we know how many senators you have, go ahead vote her in,she is showing that a wise latina she ain't. |
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I have no idea if Obama was affirmative action admit or not. It doesn't matter to me...he is clearly more than qualified for POTUS.
Cottoneyed...Obama throws like a girl? Hmm. Did you see Mike Golic bounce his throw at a game recently (I'd like you to tell Mike Golic he throws like a girl)? How about Troy Aikman, also bounced the throw half-way to the plate recently, again tell him he throws the ball like a girl. And there are a lot of girls who could likely throw the ball far better than any man.
If Obama had thrown the ball like a professional, you'd post that he was spending too much time practicing the throw.
I hope Maj. Cook is courtmartialed so you can all litigate your birth certificate nonsense. What a traitor and quitter he is, in the Sarah Palin school of quitting. As I said yesterday, he's more like Sterling Hayden's character in Dr. Strangelove, which means we are better off discharging him from our military than having a crazy person like him in any position of power.
And "girly", all Democratic men? Hmm, so war heroes like McGovern, girly, eh? Kerry volunteered to go to Vietnam, Bush, Cheney etc, stayed home. Rangel, Webb, Dodd, Cleland, Ted Kennedy, Wesley Clark, Sestak? |
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"I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life," Sotomayor said in a speech at 2001 at the University of California, Berkeley, law school. She made similar statements at other such events.
Sotomayor is a Sexist Racist Pig !
As with Porno ,as Supreme Court Justice Potter Steward observed in his written concurrence in Jacoballis v. Ohio ( 1964 ) , " I know it when I see it ".
I know Sexist Racism when I see it !
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present and accounted for. Again giving us all, those oh so, insightful comments, and of course from the feminine perspective, too!
Today, the U.S. Army, rescinded Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook's upcoming deployment orders to Afghanistan. Of course yesterday, he filed suit in Federal Court, claiming that those orders were invalid because the Commander in Chief is illegitimate. In other words, rather than go to court, the Pentagon blinked. More suits are on the way, many, many, many more. All claiming that the Commander in Chief is illegitimate. And he is. And he will someday have to produce that so-called vault copy of his birth certificate. Then all hell breaks loose.
Go to MLB. com, there you can see that obama throws like a girl, just like a girl. All democrat men are girly, that's why they're in the democrat party, the girl party. All democrat "men" throw like girls, cause their more female than male. They are just so sensitive, "Feelins", lottsa' feelins". |
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Good ,then You're admitting Obama was An Affirmative Action Boy at Havvvaddd .
Point Made !
By the way,Bushie and Poppy were Yalies .
Bush wasn't a Harvard Legacy ! |
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I suggest you go to Youtube and check out some of Thomas' answers during his hearings.
Like you are someone who knows anything about what any of these senators or sotomayor is saying. |
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prove your point? Case name, volume and page citation please. By the end of the day so you can find out what Rush says. |
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drooling drones have chimed in with their "witty" rebuts in defense of Sotomayor. It really must be painful for them to watch her ramblings and non-answers. But for us, who have greater expectations for a Supreme Court nominee and more than likely Justice, at least, we will know Sotomayor will present nothing more than a yes to Ruth Bader Ginsburg who really is a thoughtful judicial intellect.
Cicero, 12:45 pm post, well said! Truly amazing the acrobatics these poor libs go through in order to find something, anything to polish the pewter. Sotomayor is exactly the kind of "judicial thinker" the community organizer would select.
Kaboom, you need to look up the word "snob" and come back here and re-read your 1:10 pm post and see if you can make a connection! |
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kaboom: "any court that has Clarence Thomas on it
would be improved by nominating my cat." |
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SoSo is a racist, and one with power, Supreme Court power. That passes the Jesse Jackson test for racism. Sen. Sessions is not a racist. But we do have one in the Senate, don't we "op-ed", why none other the senior DEMOCRAT, that is DEMOCRAT, the senior DEMOCRAT Senator from West Virginny, the former Grand Dragon of the KKK, Robert, Billy Boy, Bird. How bout' those apples, "op-ed"!! |
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...go there. Shapiro's words describe more than Sotomayor; sounds a lot like the "post-modern POTUS, the proud Progressive Hillary Rodham Clinton and the rest of the shallow-thinking, romantic libs peopling our so-called government:
"She is not a scholar or an ideologue. Her liberality is reflexive and warmed-over, a product of the post-modern educational environment that formed her in the 1970s—complete with ethnic activism—but not an intellectual edifice. This does not mean she isn’t a danger to liberty."
There be a bunch of peas in that pod. |
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Illya: "That is, Sonia Sotomayor is not a Cass Sunstein or Larry Tribe or Elana Kagan or (fellow circuit judge) Diane Wood. She is not a scholar or an ideologue."
You could never get a Cardozo through this process. You could never get a Cardozo BY this process.
The only bona fide first-class intellect on the bench today is Scalia.
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"The words I chose, taking the rhetorical flourish, it was a bad idea," she said. "I do understand that there are some who have read this differently, and I understand why they might have concern." |
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for the same reason George W. Bush got in...non-traditional criteria.
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You want to talk about mediocrity.... |
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unremarkable. The threshold that must be met for Supreme Court nominees, has been defined downward. She is about the business of "get evenism". As is the entire American left. Righting perceived wrongs. This is eyes wide opened justice. obama and SoSo are cut from the same cloth, a very angry cloth, a cloth that sees an opportunity to punish a patriarchal society, and to reshape it into a matriarchy. These two are extremely angry individuals, they share the same mother(virulent hatred of America), and it's time to pay up, America. |
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can we admit Sen Sessions is part of the Alabama chapter of the Klan?
Two pees in a racist pod. |
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Yes funny. One of my children attended ivy league undergraduate and ivy league law school school and believe me without affirmative action you must have excellent grades and plenty of extra curricula activities. Thus far we have heard that Obama had neither. |
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Are caucasian and mongoloid also banned words? |
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americans of afronegro descent |
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Obama never was listed with honors at either Occidental or Columbia.
Then He shows up at Havvvvaddddd !
Affirmative Action ?
Figure It Out ,Pseudo-intellect ! |
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kaboom's comments have a definite slant toward denigrating Americans of africannegro descent. |
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Ms. Shapiro:
Please edit your work before you post it. It's common knowledge that one factor in assessing the legitimacy of a written piece in a public forum is the number of typos.
Sincerely,
Patrick |
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Name 51 Senators Who Rejected Sessions and Bork !
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Are you the product of an ivy school? |
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Judge Sonia is a racist and sexist. She will never be anything other than that, regardless of how many days are devoted to idle questioning of what she meant about this, what she thinks about that, etc. Regardless of how many mindless and stupid Kaboom's are reading TH and posting their (and I use the term loosely) thoughts on the site, Sona Sotomayor remains a racist and sexist.
Her behavior and her public and much-repeated comments will remain a testament -- and an embarrassment -- to women and to Hispanics, and of course to judges everywhere. What a shame that in this day and age, when people of all sorts of diverse backgrounds are able to hold office, be nominated as SC justices and virtually attain any office they wish to aspire to, that we are subject to seeing rise to the top activists only, the extreme political left of the most "diverse." What a sad and destructive light they shine upon so many others. |
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name the 51 senators who will vote against Sotomayor.
Diane, yes, I expect my elected leaders and SCOTUS justices to be from top notch schools, ivy if possible, though Stanford, Berkeley, Michigan, Emory, and a few others will do. I do not expect them to jump from school to school and not be honors students. (p.s. Diane and others...they grade by number, not by name, so this 'ethnic' nonsense is just that).
Sky Cowboy, no one who supported Thomas can criticize Sotomayor.
And Sky Pete, I don't post to be productive. I post because I assume that the Heritage folks who support this site know that they are sucking in the conservative yahoos, and they love people like me stirring up the pot. How else to get gay bashing and sexism and racism so blatantly repeated all over this site without someone calling these crazy types out. I mean...the birth certificate crowd? |
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The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 29% of the nation's voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-six percent (36%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of –7 |
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"TH is the shrine to that ignorant, undereducated..."
Stop taunting other TH posters because their views differ from ours.
It is not productive.
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Well shiiit howdy I say drop Sonia and lets confirm Ka-Duds hair ball machine. |
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"Besides, Cicero - isn't it your clownish Party that is currently putting their most racist loser in the forefront of questioning Sotomayor on being a racist against the likes of HIM?"
Not my party, no. Don't know who this "racist" you're bloviating about is, either. |
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Again you spout about Palin being undereducated. What opinion do you have of those in your party that you claim to care about so much. You know the blacks and Hispanics or perhaps even the poor uneducated whites. Apparently, you feel that these individuals are just so far beneath you. Why in the world would you want them in your party. After all you are so superior. Oh they are the voting block that you seem to need, obviously that is your only interest in them. You show how disingenuous your party really is. |
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Conservative drug warriors will love her. Sonia has sent enough violator's of the Rockefeller drug laws to fill up a maximum security prison. Most of them were Hispanic or Black. She is a self hater who favors the rich. Expect her to be tough on street crime. |
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A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 38% of U.S. voters now favor her confirmation while 44% are opposed. That’s a five-point increase in opposition from two weeks ago when 37% were in favor of her confirmation and 39% were opposed. |
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it's amazing how many people on here are self-assumed experts about SC nominees and Presidential nominees without showing the slightest amount of understanding or knowledge on qualifications for the position. Ilya Shapiro is a senior fellow in Constitutional Studies at the Cato-Institute. so, yes, she doesn't have a clue what she's talking about, does she? but all these know-it-all-liberal-zombies who come here and attack Shapiro for her comments are some of the stupidest people you could run into. Shapiro, who you can certain of, has spent a great deal of time reading and comprehending the Constitution and what it says and means. if a nominee is not capable of expressing ideas showing understanding relevant to the Constitution and US law why be upset? b/c she's a liberal appointee by Obama? so criticizing a nominee b/c they are inept is reason to attack the messenger? it's appalling. finally, most of the people arguing for her suitability for the court see the issue in many colors rather then overall ability. before I forget, Sotomayor's words do mean things. The "wise Latina..." remark does mean something. To simply dismiss it because she was being flippant or that it was taken out of context is to set a bad precedent for all politicians. Sotomayor knew what she was saying and said it for a reason b/c it's what she believes. People need to man up and accept that perhaps, golly gee, Sotomayor isn't qualified for the SC. |
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Wow!
If you think she lacks deep thinking, then please let me know how you feel about the deep-thinking capabilities of George W. Bush or Sarah Palin lol.
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It's like they'll throw half cooked spaghetti on a wall and see what might stick.
The whole 'She's a Racist' thing hasn't stuck so now they've moved on to "And She's Stupid Too" because she is 'WISE' enough not to fall into any of the (R)s laid traps and rhetorical land mines. |
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would be improved by nominating my cat. Sotomayor is more than qualified to be on the SCOTUS. I also LOL because TH is the shrine to that ignorant, undereducated, proud of her ignorance Palin, who you think would be a fine POTUS. |
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"Your comment was of inferior quality. As usual."
Munck appears to be off his feed. |
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[[Ilya Shapiro 11:36 AM
"Sotomayor Displays a Lack of Deep Thinking"
And this is coming from someone who is WRITING A COLUMN AT TOWNHALL! Think about that.]]
Best you could do, I suppose.
Re: Shapiro from the Cato Institute website:
Ilya Shapiro is a senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute and editor-in-chief of the Cato Supreme Court Review. Before joining Cato, he was Special Assistant/Advisor to the Multi-National Force-Iraq on rule of law issues and practiced international, political, commercial, and antitrust litigation at Patton Boggs LLP and Cleary Gottlieb LLP. Shapiro has contributed to a variety of academic, popular, and professional publications, including the L.A. Times, Washington Times, Weekly Standard, Roll Call, National Review Online, and from 2004 to 2007 wrote the "Dispatches from Purple America" column for TCS Daily.com. He also regularly provides commentary on a host of legal and political issues for various TV and radio outlets, including Fox News, CBS, WGN, Voice of America, and American Public Media's "Marketplace." He is also an adjunct professor at The George Washington University Law School and lectures regularly on behalf of the Federalist Society, The Fund for American Studies, and other educational and professional groups. Before entering private practice, Shapiro clerked for Judge E. Grady Jolly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, while living in Mississippi and traveling around the Deep South. He holds an A.B. from Princeton University, an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics, and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School (where he became a Tony Pati�o Fellow). Shapiro is a native speaker of English and Russian, is fluent in Spanish and French, and is proficient in Italian and Portuguese. |
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Your comment was of inferior quality. As usual. |
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Just astounded. And a little amused. |
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If you think she lacks deep thinking, then please let me know how you feel about the deep-thinking capabilities of George W. Bush or Sarah Palin lol. |
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The only "piffle" seen around these parts is that tripe your serving up with rocket-weed.
You can dish it up any way you like----she's a racist in what she's declared. Now she's backed off those comments of hers---quite simply her own version of recognizing the truth of her message. She's definitely no dummy----she's proving that. You, on the other hand have further confirmed that you are. |
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"Sotomayor Displays a Lack of Deep Thinking"
And this is coming from someone who is WRITING A COLUMN AT TOWNHALL! Think about that. |
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over the fact that the Zero's nominee is being shown to be the mediocrity she is. Must be unpleasant for you. |
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Would call it an AIR BALL. |
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...as well as the empty rhetoric which has become the hallmark of her party.
It's all coming up, well, empty. |
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Much like the empty suit that nominated her! |
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That's going to leave a mark! |
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