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Sotomayor: Court needs greater diversity, in several ways
Associated Press ^ | Apr 8, 2016 10:07 PM EDT | Jennifer Peltz

Posted on 04/08/2016 7:24:57 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says the nation’s highest court needs more diversity in personal background and professional experience. […]

The court’s first Latina justice says she feels there’s “a disadvantage” to having a court made up entirely of Ivy League graduates who are either Catholic or Jewish, several of them from New York. She notes that none specialized in criminal defense outside white-collar settings. …

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: diversity; liberalagenda; sotomayor; wiselatina
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Concur

and as the kids say

+1


41 posted on 04/08/2016 9:08:30 PM PDT by Bubba Gump Shrimp (#NeverTrump = #AlwaysHillary!)
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To: Olog-hai

The court needs to read the constitution.


42 posted on 04/08/2016 9:11:27 PM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: Olog-hai
a court made up entirely of Ivy League graduates who are either Catholic or Jewish,

How about some white Protestant cismales?

43 posted on 04/08/2016 9:28:32 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. --George Orwell)
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To: Olog-hai

Agree, replace her with a ROCK to attain more reasoned decisions.


44 posted on 04/08/2016 9:29:07 PM PDT by G Larry (ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants.)
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To: Olog-hai

I actually agree with her. i think we desperately need someone not from Harvard, not from New York and Not a creature of the Federal Government.


45 posted on 04/08/2016 9:42:33 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: Fungi

And honoring their Oath?


46 posted on 04/08/2016 9:48:02 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: Olog-hai
i got yer diversity right here,,, and would rather have it

47 posted on 04/08/2016 10:08:14 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
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To: Olog-hai

No doubt what she really means is “more people who think, and can be counted on to vote, as I do.”


48 posted on 04/08/2016 10:13:11 PM PDT by Jack Hammer (uff said.)
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She’s right. The demands at least 5 devout Muslims on the bench.


49 posted on 04/08/2016 10:15:00 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Olog-hai

I can’t find the word “diversity” in the Constitution. It’s not the Constitution she’s serving.


50 posted on 04/08/2016 10:16:41 PM PDT by Crucial (At the heart all leftists is the fear that the truth is bigger than themselves.)
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To: Olog-hai

Right. We need a few more lesbians like her on the Court. That will fix all our problems.


51 posted on 04/08/2016 11:06:43 PM PDT by Gritty (Freedom begins with speaking truth. A muzzle is a muzzle even if it is made of silk.-Viktor Orban)
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To: Olog-hai

More Lesbians?? More ATHEISTS??


52 posted on 04/09/2016 1:26:06 AM PDT by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Olog-hai

How much diversity does Communisn/Socialism have?


53 posted on 04/09/2016 1:52:57 AM PDT by Exton1
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To: oldbill

“Catholics are the most populous single religion”

I dont believe that to be true

http://www.pewforum.org/2015/05/12/americas-changing-religious-landscape/


54 posted on 04/09/2016 2:05:23 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: Olog-hai

She has a point. Why is there not one single Protestant on the court?


55 posted on 04/09/2016 2:57:54 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: Olog-hai

A supreme court judge who is on board with diversity and affirmative action. The color of your skin and your ethnic background before experience and accomplishment, what a sick world!


56 posted on 04/09/2016 3:59:45 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Olog-hai

Diversity huh? I guess I was under the mistaken impression that the Supreme Court was established to PROTECT the Constitution and for no other reason. Simply put, they are there to ensure that no law is written that is not authorized by the tenents of the document.

Now, with the election of ignorant minorities in high positions they believe that racial and gender “issues” should become the established guiding law of the land and become part of the Constitution.

Our founding fathers, never in their wildest dreams, would have thought that their original Constitution could be so contorted as to destroy our country and culture.

The laws of our land have slowly rotted to the point that it is a matter of how you feel rather than the rule of law.


57 posted on 04/09/2016 4:00:01 AM PDT by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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To: DAC21

You need to look at your own figures.
There is no “protestant” church or sect. Same with “evangelical” church or sect.

There are Baptists, Episcopalians, Mormons, etc. with different beliefs except for being Christians (OK, drop the Episcopalians from that.

The largest single group with a common theology is the Catholics.


58 posted on 04/09/2016 7:29:05 AM PDT by oldbill
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