Sonia Sotomayor: Yes or no?

Sonia Sotomayor's Confirmation hearings in the Senate began yesterday, and everyone seems to agree that unless she loses her mind, she's going to get the position.

Do you think she'd make a fair addition to the Supreme Court? Or is this just another flop like the last administration's?

Never heard of her, but I don't think she'd make a good judge - she needs a more serious face and a hammer.

EDIT: On closer inspection, she looks scary.

Well, she says that owning a gun is not a fundamental right and that race should play a prominent role in deciding a court case. She's a lunatic and I'm a strict Conservative. Yeah... No, She should be turned away but the senate is too afraid to do that because it'll make Obama look bad.

she seems to vote slightly to the left. if my goal of erasing more of conservatism's remaining voice in gov can be helped by bringing her in, then I'm all for her.

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Wut?

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:| So that's a n... no?

I think she'll do reasonably well, but I don't think she'll give us many surprises. There's really a limited number of Supreme Court justice types:

1. Trojan Horse nominees (Intentional) These are folks who portray themselves one way in order to get confirmed, and then end up being completely different once they get to the bench. John Roberts comes to mind. Claimed he was an impartial umpire, just interested in calling balls and strikes. His record since taking the bench has him as ridiculously conservative.

2. Trojan Horse nominees (Unintentional) The folks who get nominated that end up surprising EVERYONE, including the administration that nominated them. These are the real court changing nominees who radically swing things in unexpected directions. Justice Souter, whom Sotomayor would be replacing, was one of these. Surprised the heck out of conservatives by ending up being a reliable liberal for the most part.

3. Business as Usual picks The people that are being nominated to replace a fairly reliably liberal or conservative justice without really shaking things up. Most people know that Sotomayor is going to a pretty liberal justice, but not outrageously so. But she's replacing a justice just like that, which is why nobody really seems to care about what's going on with the proceedings. She's not going to shake up the balance of the court/status quo in any meaningful way.nocoolnamejim

I agree that Sotomayor will most likely be a 3. I don't find her surprising anyone.

I watched some of the hearing earlier, she did a pretty terrible job.

Yeah, I'm getting tired of old conservative white men filling the helmToriko42

Yes, because race has such an immense impact on one's interpretation of the law :roll:

I personally oppose Sotomayor's bid for the SC.

I didn't care for her pro "affirmative-action" comments.

AA is nothing but racism re-packaged.

[QUOTE="bakedliam"]Does anybody watch this show? I have to admit that I love it a lot. I love ghosts and ghost stories so it's right up my alley. In case you were wondering, it's on at a new time 9PM! Watch this Wednesday at 9PM on Cartoon Network and join the team on their investigation through Fort MacArthur!! Does anybody else watch this show? Speaking of ghosts, anybody heard about the new Ghostbusters movie? I heard the same cast is signed on for it!Maniacc1

:| So that's a n... no?

She ended the '94 baseball strike. That's good enough for me.

YES!:D

Sotomayor is immensly qualified to be on the SCOTUS:

• Highly intelligent
• Plenty of experience
• Knows the law

Conservatives have nothing to gain by opposing her, unless they just want to anger the latino community even further. :)

YES!:D

Sotomayor is immensly qualified to be on the SCOTUS:

• Highly intelligent
• Plenty of experience
• Knows the law

Conservatives have nothing to gain by opposing her, unless they just want to anger the latino community even further. :)

LosDaddie

Plus she's sexy.

[QUOTE="Toriko42"]Yeah, I'm getting tired of old conservative white men filling the helmlimpbizkit818

Yes, because race has such an immense impact on one's interpretation of the law :roll:

I personally oppose Sotomayor's bid for the SC.

[QUOTE="limpbizkit818"]

[QUOTE="Toriko42"]Yeah, I'm getting tired of old conservative white men filling the helmToriko42

Yes, because race has such an immense impact on one's interpretation of the law :roll:

I personally oppose Sotomayor's bid for the SC.

AGreed.

Having judges with diverse backgrounds is ideal for dealing with diverse cases.

[QUOTE="limpbizkit818"]

[QUOTE="Toriko42"]Yeah, I'm getting tired of old conservative white men filling the helmToriko42

Yes, because race has such an immense impact on one's interpretation of the law :roll:

I personally oppose Sotomayor's bid for the SC.

Im sure those 200 years of oppression done by the supreme court against anyone who wasn't white or male, had nothing to do with every justice being white and or male :roll:

[QUOTE="Toriko42"][QUOTE="limpbizkit818"]

Yes, because race has such an immense impact on one's interpretation of the law :roll:

I personally oppose Sotomayor's bid for the SC.

blackmagesm

Im sure those 200 years of oppression done by the supreme court against anyone who wasn't white or male, had nothing to do with every justice being white and or male :roll:

[QUOTE="Toriko42"]Yeah, I'm getting tired of old conservative white men filling the helmlimpbizkit818

Yes, because race has such an immense impact on one's interpretation of the law :roll:

I personally oppose Sotomayor's bid for the SC.

[QUOTE="Toriko42"][QUOTE="limpbizkit818"]

Yes, because race has such an immense impact on one's interpretation of the law :roll:

I personally oppose Sotomayor's bid for the SC.

LosDaddie

AGreed.

Having judges with diverse backgrounds is ideal for dealing with diverse cases.

[QUOTE="Toriko42"][QUOTE="limpbizkit818"]

Yes, because race has such an immense impact on one's interpretation of the law :roll:

I personally oppose Sotomayor's bid for the SC.

blackmagesm

Im sure those 200 years of oppression done by the supreme court against anyone who wasn't white or male, had nothing to do with every justice being white and or male :roll:

[QUOTE="LosDaddie"]

[QUOTE="Toriko42"] Not saying race has anything to do with it but it'd be nice to have a mixed background on the highest court of law. limpbizkit818

AGreed.

Having judges with diverse backgrounds is ideal for dealing with diverse cases.

one's ability to interpret the law has nothing to do with race.

limpbizkit818

All of the forum dittoheads will say no.

Pretty much everyone else will either say yes or that they don't know.

Me, I don't know. I guess. Sure, why not.

("Don't know enough about her.")

[QUOTE="LosDaddie"]

[QUOTE="Toriko42"] Not saying race has anything to do with it but it'd be nice to have a mixed background on the highest court of law. limpbizkit818

AGreed.

Having judges with diverse backgrounds is ideal for dealing with diverse cases.

I never said her being latino made her a better judge.

I just believe judges with diverse backgrounds makes for a better SCOTUS :)

I don't like her propensity for "bench activism." The Supreme Court only interprets the Constitution; it DOES NOT make laws.

Other than that, though, she seems competent enough.

Maybe she can get the immigration stuff under control, if that's what she does.

Maybe she can get the immigration stuff under control, if that's what she does.

Jfisch93

Afraid not. . .

[QUOTE="limpbizkit818"][QUOTE="LosDaddie"]

AGreed.

Having judges with diverse backgrounds is ideal for dealing with diverse cases.

quiglythegreat

Agreed. People jump the race card immediately without realizing the amount of experience she has.

if it doesn't effect me well then i don't care

I say no. She is not a judge that I would want on the supreme court. Especially after her embarrassing decision with the white firefighters in the reverse discrimination case. ferrari2001

couldn't care less really. Go Justice :D!