Sonia Sotomayor
Supreme Court Nominee
Interesting quote from Sonia 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."
Hopefully the "gender police" or the "diversity patrol" won't read that. It would disqualify her from being on the Executive Committee (hopefully).
What's even scarier is her statement that the Supreme Court is where you "make policy." But then we shouldn't be too surprised in the Texas Section since policy is made by a very small and select ad hoc committee rather than the Texas Section Officials Committee.
Just a little food for thought...
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And today we read that 60% of her judgments were overturned by higher courts. And we want her on the Supreme Court?
Just think about it a moment - now banks will have another holiday entitled National Tamale Day.
How do we nominate her for the USTA Executive Committee? She would fit right in.
She wouldn't have to be nominated for a USTA Executive Commitee position, she would be appointed. But she should just go ahead and be named the el Presidente of the USTA. Now wouldn't that be a chi chi.
You need to start a new blog topic on who is going to be selected as the next OU Men's coach. Candid comments would liven up this here blog that is on life support in dire need of fresh tennis-related topics.
Couple of quick comments.
The quote about a Latina woman coming to a better conclusion... was in reference to cases involving gender and racial issues. It would seem to reason that a person who has experienced discrimination based on racial and gender issues WOULD have a better understanding of the situation and make decisions on such cases with more "insight" than a white male that has not been subjected to such discrimination.
The first comment also mentions her 60% overturn rate by the Supreme Court. Just to put that into context, The Supreme Court does not take every case that is appealed. They frequently decline to take on cases. The cases that they DO take are often taken because there is a chance they will overrule the decision of the lower court. On average, the Supreme Court overturns decisions of lower courts 75% of the time. So why not nominate a judge to the Supreme Court that has a better overturn rate than others?
Oh. And on the "make policy" comment. The videos seem to cut off the statement that she made immediately after: "And I know this is on tape and I should never say that because we don't make law, I know." In the context of the question, the comment about making policy takes on a whole new meaning.
In the appellate court system, judges are making decisions based on the application of law because there is no precedent. The ruling they issue will impact later cases that deal with the application of the law, not the actual creation of law. The whole exchange between the student asking the question and the response by the panel of judges giving the lecture is a lot deeper than "the court of appeals is where policy is made."
I doubt seriously if she has undergone that much discrimination since she is a product of affirmative action.
The MOST discriminated against creature in America today is a white male over 50. So I would tend to think that they make the best and wisest decisions... Too bad he couldn't find one but then there aren't many Democrats in that group (other than Teddy Kennedy who probably wouldn't be confirmed.)
If she didn't mean what she said, then why did she say it?
Research has shown that nearly all her decisions are colored by race. We don't need that kind of diversity running our country.
Sonia Sotomayor is for pro-gay rights. We need to all stand up for her whenever we can.
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