I would hope that a wise Latina woman, with the richness of her experiences, would more often than not be able to sail through a supreme court confirmation hearing more easily than a white male who hasn't lived that life.

I would hope that a wise Latina woman, with the richness of her experiences, would more often than not be able to sail through a supreme court confirmation hearing more easily than a white male who hasn't lived that life.

Why does her life experiences make her more qualified than any other person? There aren't that many decisions that affect the tortilla makers.

The job of a SC justice is to accurately interpret the law -- not to bend and shape it to fit certain ethnic groups.

Any color or gender would make a good SC justice as long as they interpret the law accurately.

Can we play back all the frenzied "up or down vote" rightwing screachers tapes from the W years?

sure whisky

AND LETS START WITH MIGUEL ESTRADA...

how many months was his family and job on hold because of SEVEN FILABUSTERS BY THE DEMS including then senator BARAK OBAMA

and he was filabusterd why??

BECAUSE HE WAS A HISPANIC who dems thought was being groomed for the SC........pure and simple RACISM from every level of the democrat party

so I am sure they were told by media left and right and the president to BE CAREFULL or by senator SCHUMER who told republicans to watch out what they siad.

yeah right..

BARAK OBAMA FREES BLACK PANTHERS

OBAMA TELLS THE WORLD THAT EVEN IF YOU BRANDISH A WEAPON AND DRESS UP IN BLACK AND ARE A MEMBER OF A FAMOUSLY VIOLENT GROUP OF LARGE BLACK MEN AND TELL PEOPLE AT A VOTING PLACE ALL SORTS OF INTIMIDATING COMMMENTS THUS TRYING TO BLOCK OR SWAY VOTES
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TELLS US THAT THIS IS OKAY

AS LONG AS YOU ARE BLACK.

so now he will be a RACIST fuckin liar

WASP dominance is on the way out but their social priorities are safe in the hands of the Catholics and Jews on the Court and when it comes to the class war Ms Sotomayor is no boat-rocker, any more than the President who has nominated her.

Cockburn @ Counterpunch

the president who nominated her is a RACIST fucking liar so I guess this means that racism and intimidation is perfectly okay in obamas america
AS LONG AS YOU ARE BLACK ANYWAY

FF, Zulu.

Obama probably wants this baby over as fast as possible.

of course he does...the less time to look through all the documents the better since she has proven that she can "MISPEAK" as they are calling the "REAL LOOKS" into how she will judge.

SOUNDS FAMILIAR doesnt it..this hurry up and VOTE before people ACTUALLY READ What they are voing for

I WILL SAY THIS THOUGH

mister president

PLEASE dont start doing the "CHAVEZ FOUR DAY TELETHON".....

I am beginning to think it would be best if we just let a large computer system run all of this.

I was thinking of calling it skynet. Just an idea though.

When are you liberals going learn that Obama's vision of America does not include you!

ACLU

all you have to read for proof of this is my post about the black panthers which just IMAGINE if it were guys in sheets at the polls......

do you think eric holder would have LET THEM GO FREE

The quickest one to confirm recently was Ginsberg in 50 days.

Roberts and Alito took about 70 days.

That is from day of announcement to confirmation.

Ladies and Gentlemen. There are those who say we shouldn't expect too much; too much from ourselves, to much from our communities, to much from this nation.

There are those we say the past pulls us backwards, that it is too much for us to be able to break the grip of bigotry and ignorance.

There are those who stand and say we can't. Today those people are proven wrong. Those people, and their outdated ideas, are defeated because today proves together nothing can hold us back, together we can expect anything and do everything. Together we have shown the world we have no limitations, that we can change the future.

We reject as false the choice between those limited rights contained within the framework of a constitution and modern ideals that will lead this nation into a fair and just future.

Justice Sotomayor represents the expression of a hope laid down years ago that it simply isn't enough to bestow upon the citizens of this nation equal opportunities to succeed, we can and will do better than that. Instead, in this new age, we will sculpt and mold a new society where not only opportunities are guaranteed but people receive just and deserved outcomes. A future we owe our children, a future that they deserve.

Over 50 years ago Martin Luther had a dream, and we now live in a time when dreams do come true. Ladies and Gentlemen, let me be the first to introduce to you the newest member of the United States Supreme Court the right honorable Justice Sonia Sotomayo.

and its ironic you mention king
I remember the message as going a little more like this

where a man is judged by his chraracter and not his color.

I guess you will have to go back and REWRITE THAT speech

and what of the moment when she raises her right hand and become an INSTANT liar because of the words that she will be SWEARING To.

or do you not even know what the oath of office to the supreme court says.

AND can I have the blindfold from lady justice...SHE WONT BE NEEDING THAT ANYMORE>

where a man is judged by his chraracter and not his color.

#16 | Posted by afkabl2

Good thing for 0bama everybody considered his color and not his character or he would've been outta a job

Those who supported the bankrupting of America sure are pompous loud mouths now that they are finally, THANK GOD, out of power. Who cares what they say, who cares what they think. They deserve to be completely ignored and their objections to anyone Obama nominates for anything...laughed at. Look around the country, the destruction is obvious everywhere, these are the people responsible...and now we are supposed to give a crap what they think???

I don't think so.

" I have the blindfold from lady justice...SHE WONT BE NEEDING THAT ANYMORE"

Great metaphor, for the case against "empathy"

WASHINGTON - The Senate will begin confirmation hearings next Monday for John Roberts to be Supreme Court chief justice, one week after President Bush selected him to replace the late William H. Rehnquist as the 17th leader of the nation's highest court.

That fucking communist socialist fascist kenyan, Bush!

The election of PRESIDENT BARAK HUSSEIN OBAMA sure has been a boon for one part of the automotive industry - the waahmbulance builders. Never in history have so many whined so much about so little. I can only imagine how loud and Glenbeck teary the right will be after November 2010 and November 2012.

Pubs dont drag your feet on this one too.......your wasting my tax dollars when you dont have the votes to stop her. She is the most qualified person to be appointed on the Supreme Court since WW2.

So... what crisis are they going to manufacture to force congress to "RUSH" around and anoint her without a proper hearing? Like the Health and Human Services person that was on a rocky road to confirmation, then we have a health scare, and in she goes, qualified or not. Or the treasury secretary? Or the so-called stimulus bill... etc. etc. etc.

We should start a new list where people post the most likely created crisis. The winner could have DR bragging rights for, like, a whole minute or something.

Obama Urges 'Timely' Sotomayor Hearings...

...before anyone discovers she's a tax cheat, too.