Posted on 05/27/2009 11:01:14 AM PDT by Bob Leibowitz
Supreme Court Justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor, on a riff on comments by Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg that "at the end of the day a wise old man and a wise old woman reach the same judgment," took exception with both of history's only female justices. According to Judge Sotomayor, "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."
Perhaps, then, we could cut to the chase by asking Judge Sotomayor to rank the races and genders by the innate wisdom in the possession of each. It would then be a very simple matter to seek out potential nominees exclusively from the race and gender that ranks highest, thereby assuring us that only the very most qualified justices would be nominated and confirmed.
This approach is certain to appeal to President Obama, as a solid meld of qualification and identity politics.
The only real issue that remains: Does the wisdom inherent in a particular race change over time, so that this year's leader might be next decade's goat?
Let's ask Judge Sotomayor.
oohhh that’s gonna leave a mark
Question for the wise Latina: Was Solomon a “a white male who hasn’t lived that life?”
They more things change, the more they stay the same. This wise Latina is essentially espousing the same BS that Hitler’s people used to; we’re back to racial superiority theories.
Are 30 banana republics in Central and South America (a few exceptions) just cause for brining the US to 3rd World status?
She thinks so.
So an overweight Inuit Lesbian Quadraplegic must be more inately intelligent than most folks for all they’ve been through.
This woman’s mind is deranged. But then liberalism does that to the human mind, twists it into an irrational perspective. Sadly, Sodomyor’s mind has slipped from irrational to deranged believing she is so goddess-like. [Yet another affirmative action appointee demanding to be promoted yet again despite incompetence, only this time the affirmative action poseur-in-chief is sending her for the appointment.]
It’s a good way to get beyond the evrybody vs. white males argument.
It is to a marxist. All constructs — including justice and truth — are the products of the ruling classes.
“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.”
Wow. I would hope that that the court would be free from bigotry and stupidity. No such luck.
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