Off Topic- Sotomayor Hearings

[SK in CV]

[quote=Aecetia]Allan,

Good points above and don’t leave out the Dred Scott v. Sandford Supreme Court decision. Judges are very fallible. That is why confirmation demands due diligence and not just a rubber stamp because she is a double minority. That is a pathetic way to pick a justice.[/quote]

I agree that confirmation demands due diligence. But are you suggesting that her nomination was solely because she is female and latina? She has more bench experience than any nominee in the last 50 years.

[Aecetia]

“Ever since Robert Bork, nominated to the Supreme Court by Ronald Reagan, answered questions directly and spoke honestly about his approach to the U.S. Constitution, causing him to be rejected, every nominee to the Supreme Court has said nothing as impressively as possible. It’s likely Sonia Sotomayor will follow suit. She’s even been practicing. She’s well aware that no nominee since Bork has been rejected after confirmation hearings – because he or she has said nothing so well.”

“There was a time when Supreme Court nominees didn’t even appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee to answer questions in advance of a full vote by the Senate. No one really knew what the nominee would do if confirmed.”

“In a way, we’ve come full circle. The nominee appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee. A lot of speeches are made and questions asked. Once that’s done, no one really knows what the nominee will do if confirmed.”

“Today, the dance between Sotomayor and the Senate begins. It’ll be an interesting process. Sotomayor will say nothing in an artful way. She’ll become another post-Bork nominee to be confirmed.”

“It’s perhaps not the best example of democracy at work or the best way to pick a liftime jurist who arguably will have more power and influence on our nation for decades than just about any other government official. But it’s the way our republic works now when a Supreme Court nominee is chosen.”

http://employmentlawpost.com/theword/2009/07/13/sotomayor-saying-nothing-impressively/

I find it troubling that her score on the LSAT was lower than the admission standard. She considers herself a product of affirmative action:

“In video clips dating back 25 years, and now provided to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sotomayor, according to the Times, even calls herself an ‘affirmative action product.’ The clips include lengthy remarks about her experiences as an ‘affirmative action baby,’ whose lower test scores were overlooked by admissions committees at Princeton University and Yale Law School because, she said, she is Hispanic and had grown up in poor circumstance.”

I do not like the double standard, either the one that the women of the 1950’s had to endure or the one the men in the 2000’s are now undergoing. Both are equally ignoble.

[Aecetia]

“Ever since Robert Bork, nominated to the Supreme Court by Ronald Reagan, answered questions directly and spoke honestly about his approach to the U.S. Constitution, causing him to be rejected, every nominee to the Supreme Court has said nothing as impressively as possible. It’s likely Sonia Sotomayor will follow suit. She’s even been practicing. She’s well aware that no nominee since Bork has been rejected after confirmation hearings – because he or she has said nothing so well.”

“There was a time when Supreme Court nominees didn’t even appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee to answer questions in advance of a full vote by the Senate. No one really knew what the nominee would do if confirmed.”

“In a way, we’ve come full circle. The nominee appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee. A lot of speeches are made and questions asked. Once that’s done, no one really knows what the nominee will do if confirmed.”

“Today, the dance between Sotomayor and the Senate begins. It’ll be an interesting process. Sotomayor will say nothing in an artful way. She’ll become another post-Bork nominee to be confirmed.”

“It’s perhaps not the best example of democracy at work or the best way to pick a liftime jurist who arguably will have more power and influence on our nation for decades than just about any other government official. But it’s the way our republic works now when a Supreme Court nominee is chosen.”

http://employmentlawpost.com/theword/2009/07/13/sotomayor-saying-nothing-impressively/

I find it troubling that her score on the LSAT was lower than the admission standard. She considers herself a product of affirmative action:

“In video clips dating back 25 years, and now provided to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sotomayor, according to the Times, even calls herself an ‘affirmative action product.’ The clips include lengthy remarks about her experiences as an ‘affirmative action baby,’ whose lower test scores were overlooked by admissions committees at Princeton University and Yale Law School because, she said, she is Hispanic and had grown up in poor circumstance.”

I do not like the double standard, either the one that the women of the 1950’s had to endure or the one the men in the 2000’s are now undergoing. Both are equally ignoble.

[Aecetia]

“Ever since Robert Bork, nominated to the Supreme Court by Ronald Reagan, answered questions directly and spoke honestly about his approach to the U.S. Constitution, causing him to be rejected, every nominee to the Supreme Court has said nothing as impressively as possible. It’s likely Sonia Sotomayor will follow suit. She’s even been practicing. She’s well aware that no nominee since Bork has been rejected after confirmation hearings – because he or she has said nothing so well.”

“There was a time when Supreme Court nominees didn’t even appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee to answer questions in advance of a full vote by the Senate. No one really knew what the nominee would do if confirmed.”

“In a way, we’ve come full circle. The nominee appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee. A lot of speeches are made and questions asked. Once that’s done, no one really knows what the nominee will do if confirmed.”

“Today, the dance between Sotomayor and the Senate begins. It’ll be an interesting process. Sotomayor will say nothing in an artful way. She’ll become another post-Bork nominee to be confirmed.”

“It’s perhaps not the best example of democracy at work or the best way to pick a liftime jurist who arguably will have more power and influence on our nation for decades than just about any other government official. But it’s the way our republic works now when a Supreme Court nominee is chosen.”

http://employmentlawpost.com/theword/2009/07/13/sotomayor-saying-nothing-impressively/

I find it troubling that her score on the LSAT was lower than the admission standard. She considers herself a product of affirmative action:

“In video clips dating back 25 years, and now provided to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sotomayor, according to the Times, even calls herself an ‘affirmative action product.’ The clips include lengthy remarks about her experiences as an ‘affirmative action baby,’ whose lower test scores were overlooked by admissions committees at Princeton University and Yale Law School because, she said, she is Hispanic and had grown up in poor circumstance.”

I do not like the double standard, either the one that the women of the 1950’s had to endure or the one the men in the 2000’s are now undergoing. Both are equally ignoble.

[Aecetia]

“Ever since Robert Bork, nominated to the Supreme Court by Ronald Reagan, answered questions directly and spoke honestly about his approach to the U.S. Constitution, causing him to be rejected, every nominee to the Supreme Court has said nothing as impressively as possible. It’s likely Sonia Sotomayor will follow suit. She’s even been practicing. She’s well aware that no nominee since Bork has been rejected after confirmation hearings – because he or she has said nothing so well.”

“There was a time when Supreme Court nominees didn’t even appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee to answer questions in advance of a full vote by the Senate. No one really knew what the nominee would do if confirmed.”

“In a way, we’ve come full circle. The nominee appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee. A lot of speeches are made and questions asked. Once that’s done, no one really knows what the nominee will do if confirmed.”

“Today, the dance between Sotomayor and the Senate begins. It’ll be an interesting process. Sotomayor will say nothing in an artful way. She’ll become another post-Bork nominee to be confirmed.”

“It’s perhaps not the best example of democracy at work or the best way to pick a liftime jurist who arguably will have more power and influence on our nation for decades than just about any other government official. But it’s the way our republic works now when a Supreme Court nominee is chosen.”

http://employmentlawpost.com/theword/2009/07/13/sotomayor-saying-nothing-impressively/

I find it troubling that her score on the LSAT was lower than the admission standard. She considers herself a product of affirmative action:

“In video clips dating back 25 years, and now provided to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sotomayor, according to the Times, even calls herself an ‘affirmative action product.’ The clips include lengthy remarks about her experiences as an ‘affirmative action baby,’ whose lower test scores were overlooked by admissions committees at Princeton University and Yale Law School because, she said, she is Hispanic and had grown up in poor circumstance.”

I do not like the double standard, either the one that the women of the 1950’s had to endure or the one the men in the 2000’s are now undergoing. Both are equally ignoble.

[Aecetia]

“Ever since Robert Bork, nominated to the Supreme Court by Ronald Reagan, answered questions directly and spoke honestly about his approach to the U.S. Constitution, causing him to be rejected, every nominee to the Supreme Court has said nothing as impressively as possible. It’s likely Sonia Sotomayor will follow suit. She’s even been practicing. She’s well aware that no nominee since Bork has been rejected after confirmation hearings – because he or she has said nothing so well.”

“There was a time when Supreme Court nominees didn’t even appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee to answer questions in advance of a full vote by the Senate. No one really knew what the nominee would do if confirmed.”

“In a way, we’ve come full circle. The nominee appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee. A lot of speeches are made and questions asked. Once that’s done, no one really knows what the nominee will do if confirmed.”

“Today, the dance between Sotomayor and the Senate begins. It’ll be an interesting process. Sotomayor will say nothing in an artful way. She’ll become another post-Bork nominee to be confirmed.”

“It’s perhaps not the best example of democracy at work or the best way to pick a liftime jurist who arguably will have more power and influence on our nation for decades than just about any other government official. But it’s the way our republic works now when a Supreme Court nominee is chosen.”

http://employmentlawpost.com/theword/2009/07/13/sotomayor-saying-nothing-impressively/

I find it troubling that her score on the LSAT was lower than the admission standard. She considers herself a product of affirmative action:

“In video clips dating back 25 years, and now provided to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sotomayor, according to the Times, even calls herself an ‘affirmative action product.’ The clips include lengthy remarks about her experiences as an ‘affirmative action baby,’ whose lower test scores were overlooked by admissions committees at Princeton University and Yale Law School because, she said, she is Hispanic and had grown up in poor circumstance.”

I do not like the double standard, either the one that the women of the 1950’s had to endure or the one the men in the 2000’s are now undergoing. Both are equally ignoble.

[NotCranky]

The democratic party has definitely won the politics of the “Browning of America”.Or as Allan likes to say, “Look at the new boss. Same as the old boss”.
There was always a buddy system and other perversions of access to opportunity.People of color will learn not to make mistakes like Obama did with belonging to Reverend Wright’s church. The Sotamayors of the world will realize they no longer have to play a race card now and then(if she ever did). Civil Rights and Feminism were not mistakes.Gays, People of color and women, became to the Democratic party what evangelicals and Billy Bobs came to be to the Republicans.That might sound like a terrible insult to a lot of people and it is not meant to be. Just to say, in the game of “how do you get more tickets punched” the Republicans have lost. Look for the Republicans to start kissing up to a different bases, like the democrats did with the evangelicals after Bush won. Don’t look for a return of some noble republican old school camp, that’s bullshit.

IF we are seeing more instances of favoritism to people who happen to be of different pigment than before,or non-european ancestry or of roots based in multiple continents, who also are Democrats and they are taking slots the Bushes,Palins, Grahams and Robertsons of the world, maybe it is not that significant of a change given the demographic shifts.

The backlash against white males was obvious for all to see. Maybe in some ways it’s day had come.
People who want to maintain the fantasy that this country was run on a merit system before it started going brown and hope for a return to that glorious day, need to wake up. Ideas like that might actually be based in racial preference. I am actually afraid that instead of evolving and truly contributing to the greatness of this now darker country, the old school is trying to get all it can before they end up victim of a “level playing field” (sic),at least in America). I am afraid that these wars(and profits, Commodity and, fiancial bubbles, and outrageous executive salaries and other financial scandals are part of it. The greed was always there but it went into overdrive in face of these threatening shifts.

[NotCranky]

The democratic party has definitely won the politics of the “Browning of America”.Or as Allan likes to say, “Look at the new boss. Same as the old boss”.
There was always a buddy system and other perversions of access to opportunity.People of color will learn not to make mistakes like Obama did with belonging to Reverend Wright’s church. The Sotamayors of the world will realize they no longer have to play a race card now and then(if she ever did). Civil Rights and Feminism were not mistakes.Gays, People of color and women, became to the Democratic party what evangelicals and Billy Bobs came to be to the Republicans.That might sound like a terrible insult to a lot of people and it is not meant to be. Just to say, in the game of “how do you get more tickets punched” the Republicans have lost. Look for the Republicans to start kissing up to a different bases, like the democrats did with the evangelicals after Bush won. Don’t look for a return of some noble republican old school camp, that’s bullshit.

IF we are seeing more instances of favoritism to people who happen to be of different pigment than before,or non-european ancestry or of roots based in multiple continents, who also are Democrats and they are taking slots the Bushes,Palins, Grahams and Robertsons of the world, maybe it is not that significant of a change given the demographic shifts.

The backlash against white males was obvious for all to see. Maybe in some ways it’s day had come.
People who want to maintain the fantasy that this country was run on a merit system before it started going brown and hope for a return to that glorious day, need to wake up. Ideas like that might actually be based in racial preference. I am actually afraid that instead of evolving and truly contributing to the greatness of this now darker country, the old school is trying to get all it can before they end up victim of a “level playing field” (sic),at least in America). I am afraid that these wars(and profits, Commodity and, fiancial bubbles, and outrageous executive salaries and other financial scandals are part of it. The greed was always there but it went into overdrive in face of these threatening shifts.

[NotCranky]

The democratic party has definitely won the politics of the “Browning of America”.Or as Allan likes to say, “Look at the new boss. Same as the old boss”.
There was always a buddy system and other perversions of access to opportunity.People of color will learn not to make mistakes like Obama did with belonging to Reverend Wright’s church. The Sotamayors of the world will realize they no longer have to play a race card now and then(if she ever did). Civil Rights and Feminism were not mistakes.Gays, People of color and women, became to the Democratic party what evangelicals and Billy Bobs came to be to the Republicans.That might sound like a terrible insult to a lot of people and it is not meant to be. Just to say, in the game of “how do you get more tickets punched” the Republicans have lost. Look for the Republicans to start kissing up to a different bases, like the democrats did with the evangelicals after Bush won. Don’t look for a return of some noble republican old school camp, that’s bullshit.

IF we are seeing more instances of favoritism to people who happen to be of different pigment than before,or non-european ancestry or of roots based in multiple continents, who also are Democrats and they are taking slots the Bushes,Palins, Grahams and Robertsons of the world, maybe it is not that significant of a change given the demographic shifts.

The backlash against white males was obvious for all to see. Maybe in some ways it’s day had come.
People who want to maintain the fantasy that this country was run on a merit system before it started going brown and hope for a return to that glorious day, need to wake up. Ideas like that might actually be based in racial preference. I am actually afraid that instead of evolving and truly contributing to the greatness of this now darker country, the old school is trying to get all it can before they end up victim of a “level playing field” (sic),at least in America). I am afraid that these wars(and profits, Commodity and, fiancial bubbles, and outrageous executive salaries and other financial scandals are part of it. The greed was always there but it went into overdrive in face of these threatening shifts.

[NotCranky]

The democratic party has definitely won the politics of the “Browning of America”.Or as Allan likes to say, “Look at the new boss. Same as the old boss”.
There was always a buddy system and other perversions of access to opportunity.People of color will learn not to make mistakes like Obama did with belonging to Reverend Wright’s church. The Sotamayors of the world will realize they no longer have to play a race card now and then(if she ever did). Civil Rights and Feminism were not mistakes.Gays, People of color and women, became to the Democratic party what evangelicals and Billy Bobs came to be to the Republicans.That might sound like a terrible insult to a lot of people and it is not meant to be. Just to say, in the game of “how do you get more tickets punched” the Republicans have lost. Look for the Republicans to start kissing up to a different bases, like the democrats did with the evangelicals after Bush won. Don’t look for a return of some noble republican old school camp, that’s bullshit.

IF we are seeing more instances of favoritism to people who happen to be of different pigment than before,or non-european ancestry or of roots based in multiple continents, who also are Democrats and they are taking slots the Bushes,Palins, Grahams and Robertsons of the world, maybe it is not that significant of a change given the demographic shifts.

The backlash against white males was obvious for all to see. Maybe in some ways it’s day had come.
People who want to maintain the fantasy that this country was run on a merit system before it started going brown and hope for a return to that glorious day, need to wake up. Ideas like that might actually be based in racial preference. I am actually afraid that instead of evolving and truly contributing to the greatness of this now darker country, the old school is trying to get all it can before they end up victim of a “level playing field” (sic),at least in America). I am afraid that these wars(and profits, Commodity and, fiancial bubbles, and outrageous executive salaries and other financial scandals are part of it. The greed was always there but it went into overdrive in face of these threatening shifts.

[NotCranky]

The democratic party has definitely won the politics of the “Browning of America”.Or as Allan likes to say, “Look at the new boss. Same as the old boss”.
There was always a buddy system and other perversions of access to opportunity.People of color will learn not to make mistakes like Obama did with belonging to Reverend Wright’s church. The Sotamayors of the world will realize they no longer have to play a race card now and then(if she ever did). Civil Rights and Feminism were not mistakes.Gays, People of color and women, became to the Democratic party what evangelicals and Billy Bobs came to be to the Republicans.That might sound like a terrible insult to a lot of people and it is not meant to be. Just to say, in the game of “how do you get more tickets punched” the Republicans have lost. Look for the Republicans to start kissing up to a different bases, like the democrats did with the evangelicals after Bush won. Don’t look for a return of some noble republican old school camp, that’s bullshit.

IF we are seeing more instances of favoritism to people who happen to be of different pigment than before,or non-european ancestry or of roots based in multiple continents, who also are Democrats and they are taking slots the Bushes,Palins, Grahams and Robertsons of the world, maybe it is not that significant of a change given the demographic shifts.

The backlash against white males was obvious for all to see. Maybe in some ways it’s day had come.
People who want to maintain the fantasy that this country was run on a merit system before it started going brown and hope for a return to that glorious day, need to wake up. Ideas like that might actually be based in racial preference. I am actually afraid that instead of evolving and truly contributing to the greatness of this now darker country, the old school is trying to get all it can before they end up victim of a “level playing field” (sic),at least in America). I am afraid that these wars(and profits, Commodity and, fiancial bubbles, and outrageous executive salaries and other financial scandals are part of it. The greed was always there but it went into overdrive in face of these threatening shifts.

[Veritas]

I could not resist posting this and before you all go off on me, note that this is classified as gossip, not gospel:

Second Circuit gossip: Sotomayor “deeply-closeted” lesbian/cougar
Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin on the “Secret Life of Sonia Sotomayor”

http://www.contrariancommentary.com/community/Home/tabid/36/mid/363/newsid363/432/Default.aspx

[Veritas]

I could not resist posting this and before you all go off on me, note that this is classified as gossip, not gospel:

Second Circuit gossip: Sotomayor “deeply-closeted” lesbian/cougar
Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin on the “Secret Life of Sonia Sotomayor”

http://www.contrariancommentary.com/community/Home/tabid/36/mid/363/newsid363/432/Default.aspx

[Veritas]

I could not resist posting this and before you all go off on me, note that this is classified as gossip, not gospel:

Second Circuit gossip: Sotomayor “deeply-closeted” lesbian/cougar
Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin on the “Secret Life of Sonia Sotomayor”

http://www.contrariancommentary.com/community/Home/tabid/36/mid/363/newsid363/432/Default.aspx

[Veritas]

I could not resist posting this and before you all go off on me, note that this is classified as gossip, not gospel:

Second Circuit gossip: Sotomayor “deeply-closeted” lesbian/cougar
Internet Powerhouse Andy Martin on the “Secret Life of Sonia Sotomayor”

http://www.contrariancommentary.com/community/Home/tabid/36/mid/363/newsid363/432/Default.aspx

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