"It was during that (2002) speech that Sotomayor uttered the now infamous contention that, “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.”
"If a white male judge ever uttered such a remark about how his life experiences gave him a better grasp of wisdom to reach a conclusion than a Latina woman, he not only would never be nominated to a spot on the Supreme Court, he might be driven from whatever federal or state bench he currently occupied, and ridden out of town on a rail."
The above is from www.examiner.com/x-4525-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m5d27-Why-Sonia-Sotomayor-is-simply-wrong-for-the-Supreme-Court?cid=exrss-Seattle-Gun-Rights-Examiner This is from the Chicago edition of Examiner.com
Is she the absolutely best, top pick, best qualified person to be the seventh judge on the Supreme Court? I mean, Number One in the entire U.S.A.?
The selection of a judge for Supreme Court should be blind to race and gender, just as the judges must be in their decisions. We're talking Law of the Land here, where decisions are made on law and fact, not on last name or heritage.
I don't know or care about her position on gun rights; well, yes, I do care. Frankly, I liked Charlton Heston's (1923-2008) remark, "I'll give you my gun when you take it from my cold, dead hands!" (which, actually, did not originate with him.) And I like Chuck Norris's sign at his home, which bears the likeness of a pistol and words, "We don't dial 911." Norris says, "Any burglar who tests what I mean by that sign will find out really quick!"
The Washington Times reported in May that "Three of the five majority opinions written by Judge Sotomayor for the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals and reviewed by the Supreme Court were reversed..." (www.washingtontimes.com May 27, 2009). That's 60%.
Somehow, I just do not believe that Sotomayor is the mostly highly qualified jurist to take the open seat in the Supreme Court.
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Two points: Sotomayor is highly qualified for the job, she was editor and chief of the Yale Law Review and she has served honorably as a federal judge. Second, to say that she was reversed by our Supreme Court is probably more indication that she is qualified than not. They don't get it right too often.
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