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Supreme Court Nominee Shares Her Personal Life Experiences but Promises Decisions Based on Impartial Justice
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- Sotomajor had 8 of 10 cases that she ruled on overturned by the Supreme Court..I am sick of hearing about how she was poor, etc..many people went to colleges that other's couldn't go to because they too were poor too. Many of these people just work and pay their taxes and don't brag about themselves..Obama has made some really stupid decisions, this is just one of them....If it has to be a women and a hispanic women to be named to the Supreme court, isn't that being being one sided..Our country is going to the dogs, a Depression is going to happen before the year is out..how many homeless people do we have now in America??? It is a given that a homeless person has no say in how our country is being run nor do they probably read this story nor it's comments....
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- Obama did say during campaigning that he would look for an appointee with empathy, one who could use life experience to guide their decisions. And the nominee has said that she would use empathy to guide her judgement. And her rise to nomination has strongly stressed her background in Bronx projects. I do not think it a stretch to believe Obama wants her because she will stand up for business and people who make over %250,000 a year.
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- by credibility2 July 13, 2009 5:41 PM EDT
Sotomayor is a racist and bigot and her recent co-decision punishing whites and Hispanics who passed a firefighter exam just because blacks failed to measure up as their equals was rightfully over-turned by the Supreme Court. Her co-decision was based on her intolerance for non-blacks.
So you're saying that Sotomayor is prejudiced against whites AND hispanics, that's why she ruled against them, and in favor of the black firefighters?
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While your point is valid to question her, Credibility2, especially with her history of remarks, speeches and rulings, the incident of Frank Ricci is the highlighted case in point at the moment.
Sometimes this board cracks me up due to lack of research of topic outside of cbsnews.com
Maybe a visit to Firehouse.com or reading more than just one sites article would help.
There were 8 Lt positions available
The 10 highest scores that passed written/oral boards were moving forward for next round of interviews - Outcome was the highest scoring applicant's were white
The highest Black firefighter scored 14th
The highest Hispanic firefighter scored 27th
The Fire Dept was afraid of lawsuits and/or political backlash if they didn't scrap the whole process (LOL...they sure got it now)
Ben Vargas, a Puerto Rican firefighter with NHFD will also be testifying against Sotomeyer, and has joined Ricci and the others in the lawsuit.
Dunno if Vargas was the highest Hispanic score who placed 27th, but he scored high, and Truck Company 4 tuns 1800 non EMS, only fire calls per year, so depending on how many FF's they carry including all shifts, to run that many calls, or how many applied, but even the Puerto Rican FF who scored high, but not in the top 10 is indicating, Ummm...scrapping the promotion based on colour is BS - Reply to this comment
- "Socrates was ugly" -Nietzche
"Sotomayor is ugly" -Thusspokezara - Reply to this comment
- Just heard that the firefighter is next on the GOP list, I can only say, Ahhhh, the "Joe the Plumber" moment that the GOP always hopes for instead of any REAL discourse about the subject before them.
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- The US Supreme Court has repeatedly "refined" AKA limited the Bill or Rights's guarentees. To give you an example of how screwed up our system of laws is, take the DeCSS algorithm. This is the encryption algorithm that is used to encrypt DVDs. It is perfectly legal to publish a book that contains a printout of a software program that can decrypt DVDs because of Freedom of the Press. However under the DMCA it is illegal to publish that exact same software program on disk because the DMCA declares that it's a "circumvention device" The Court allowed the government to limit Freedom of the Press simply because the media is electronic, not paper.
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- by GovernmentControl July 13, 2009 7:45 PM EDT
Sotomayers rulings are based on what "feels" good to her at that moment; thats what obama meant when he said that "empathy" was the primary criteria for nomination.
Apparently, the constitution must feel pretty good to her, because that's the basis for her rulings, according to almost ALL law based organizations, and those that have reviewed her rulings. - Reply to this comment
- by credibility2 July 13, 2009 5:41 PM EDT
Sotomayor is a racist and bigot and her recent co-decision punishing whites and Hispanics who passed a firefighter exam just because blacks failed to measure up as their equals was rightfully over-turned by the Supreme Court. Her co-decision was based on her intolerance for non-blacks.
So you're saying that Sotomayor is prejudiced against whites AND hispanics, that's why she ruled against them, and in favor of the black firefighters?
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While your point is valid to question her, Credibility2, especially with her history of remarks, speeches and rulings, the incident of Frank Ricci is the highlighted case in point at the moment.
Sometimes this board cracks me up due to lack of research of topic outside of cbsnews.com
Maybe a visit to Firehouse.com or reading more than just one sites article would help.
There were 8 Lt positions available
The 10 highest scores that passed written/oral boards were moving forward for next round of interviews - Outcome was the highest scoring applicant's were white
The highest Black firefighter scored 14th
The highest Hispanic firefighter scored 27th
The Fire Dept was afraid of lawsuits and/or political backlash if they didn't scrap the whole process (LOL...they sure got it now)
Ben Vargas, a Puerto Rican firefighter with NHFD will also be testifying against Sotomeyer, and has joined Ricci and the others in the lawsuit.
Dunno if Vargas was the highest Hispanic score who placed 27th, but he scored high, and Truck Company 4 tuns 1800 non EMS, only fire calls per year, so depending on how many FF's they carry including all shifts, to run that many calls, or how many applied, but even the Puerto Rican FF who scored high, but not in the top 10 is indicating, Ummm...scrapping the promotion based on colour is BS - Reply to this comment
- Sara Palin would have been a more logical Nomination,
she had the experience Too. but she is such a Quitter. - Reply to this comment
- Sotomayers rulings are based on what "feels" good to her at that moment; thats what obama meant when he said that "empathy" was the primary criteria for nomination.
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