Posted on 07/18/2009 5:20:03 AM PDT by rellimpank
Sonia Sotomayor, all concede, will be confirmed. Since Democrats hold an unassailable majority in the Senate, the appointee of a popular Democratic president would ascend to the Supreme Court even if no Republicans were seized by senatorial courtesy or deference to the Latino vote. She will be confirmed.
So who cares that Sotomayor's sudden conversion away from any previous "progressive" views is so transparent? Republicans suspect she's not really past all that wise-Latina stuff, but does that matter?
Yes. Quite a bit, actually.
It's worth pointing out, first, just how noticeable has been Sotomayor's switch. Take the infamous matter of her 2001 speech in which she argued against the observation that a wise woman and a wise man would reach the same conclusion. Sotomayor argued not merely that ethnic and sex differences shape a judge's perspective, an uncontroversial view. She argued that they actually make some judges inherently superior: "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," she said.
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Not sure how the writer comes to this conclusion. The libs will be smirking about how Obama snuck one by "Middle America".
If anything, probably because close to 15% of those independent voters are now unemployed.
How's that change workin' out, y'all?
Prayers for our people...
They’ll all support the O until the unemployment checks stop coming....They like their “paid vacation”
Only fools, communists, and Harvard grads believe liberal bunk.
Soto-braincell-marshmallow would be exposed for the shallow thinker she really is if she were truthful about her beliefs.
I just think that a wise Latina woman would never say anything so stupid.
Congressman Billybob
Wisdom is first not self-congratulatory.
Proverbs says Let another man’s lips praise you, and not your own.
The judge calls herself wise. That’s unwise.
I am struck also by how many times she was reversed. Will she get a clue from Roberts on what the Constitution really says and means?
A wise Latina woman would get a clue. However, this excludes Sotomoron.
Funny how the libs. run away from their beliefs and convictions. Sonya preached how she would stand up for the constitution and would uphold the law no matter what the race of the people involved....completely reversing what she’s been doing and saying for years.
Thanks for the new tagline, Sonia!
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