Thursday, July 02, 2009
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Ricci Reinforces Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Posted by:
Jillian Bandes at
1:21 PM
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Michael Barone gets it right with his analysis of the post-Ricci fallout, saying the Supreme Court's ruling is a reinforcement of the true spirit of the Civil Rights Act of 1964:
While five justices flatly rejected Sotomayor's ruling, even the four dissenters wouldn't have let stand her ruling allowing the results of a promotion exam to be set aside because no black firefighter had a top score.
...Ricci is also something else: a riveting lesson in political sociology, thanks to the concurring opinion by Justice Samuel Alito. It shows how a combination of vote-hungry politicians and local political agitators -- you might call them community organizers -- worked with the approval of elite legal professionals like Sotomayor to employ racial quotas and preferences in defiance of the words of the Civil Rights Act. David Broder expands on that idea, saying racial discrimination isn't as big a deal as it was in the previous generation. The implicit assumption with Ricci is that
...society has largely healed itself and does not need the race-conscious remedies that the previous generation of politicians thought necessary.
If that reading of the court's majority is correct, then two things are clear. Judge Sonia Sotomayor will certainly challenge the prevailing view if she is confirmed by the Senate to join that bench. And over a longer period of years, President Obama is likely to find himself in conflict with the court on the question of race.
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Ms. Sotomayor has pitfalls ahead. This last week was not salutary for her.
If the Senate Judiciary interlocutors are prepared, they will examine her as one might obtain in a second year law school constitutional law class.
Despite the Justice's much touted tenure on the Federal bench, I detect in her many Swiss cheese holes that briefing books will not fill in.
Nothing will sink her more readily, then her public inability to answer intellectual questions on American jurisprudence.
Then, there is also the matter of her health profile. Any viewing of her in 1986/87, as in the video that was posted here a few days ago, discussing her view of women and the burdens they bear, contrasted against her physical demeanor today, must raise to any trained eye immediate questions as to the pharmacology she takes or the personal choices she daily makes.
Does the Justice suffer from any condition that requires an anti-inflammatory regime? If so, at what level of need? Is the Justice subject to any other substance needs that would account for her pronounced facial bloating?
If it was appropriate to inquire of John Tower on his level of alcohol consumption as he sat for his appointment as Sec. of Defense, it is even more 'appropriate' for a life time tenure appointment to the high court.
This nominee is not a shoo in.
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she's been confirmed twice before. She's very bright and articulate. I dare you to crucify her on national television, esp. about the 'wise Latina' stuff because the GOP can kiss the growing (perhaps the only growing voter demographic) goodbye for a century.
51 votes out of 62 pro left votes. Not difficult. It is only a matter of how many Latino votes the GOP wishes to lose for quite some time, esp. young female latinas who do vote and who will hold this kind of attack against the gop. |
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Here's some restoration, reformation, & revolution that Our Founding Fathers supported:
1) Advertise and Promote the Fact that you are forming a Grand Jury in Blogs, Local Newspapers and Community Organizations.
2) Form the Grand Jury and select a Foreman.
3) Select a Private Attorney General to make Presentments to Grand Jury, if local DA refuses to make presentments.
4) Select a convenient Meeting Place.
5) Communicate with all Citizens who have criminal information to present.
6) Schedule presentments by said Citizens.
7) Subpoena documents from Government Offices and Officials.
8) Schedule presentment of said Documents to Grand Jury by Grand Jury Attorney General.
9) Have Grand Jury Attorney General present said Documents to Grand Jury.
10) After investigation and deliberation is completed, vote and issue a True Bill (Indictment) or No True Bill.
11) Announce all Indictments to the Press.
12) Serve the Indictment on the Judiciary for the Issuance of Arrest Warrants. |
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What part of "BS" do U not understand, DUMMIE? |
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Finds herself on the wrong side of civil rights history.
So predictable.
And Trolls. Don't think for a minute that Barry won't throw Sister Sonya under the bus if things get too hot. It's not like he hasn't don eit before. She's already served her purpose for him politically and he has a built in excuse you libs love to fall for:
"It's all the Republicans fault." |
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Broder is hardly a liberal, and in fact he seems more beltway than having a clue as to how liberals or conservatives think. If you look at any of his commentary over the years, you'll see he comes out more as an establishment Republican than anything, so his thoughts are quite predictably elitist and fringe-y. |
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I was writing about Sister Sonya. The "Latina" Bull Connor.
Broder clearly backs me up with that comparison and SS (Talk about a coincidence) continues to be exposed as being on the racist side of the civil rights issue.
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