Comments on: Sotomayor Promises "Fidelity to the Law"

Supreme Court Nominee Shares Her Personal Life Experiences but Promises Decisions Based on Impartial Justice

[bondsman_dotmac]

Judge Sotomayor?s rulings show that she thinks and believes that the bill of rights are not an assurance of rights to the people but may be modified by the government be it state or local and possibly federal and interpreted or modified by the court as it sees fit. Judge Sonia Sotomayor ruled in January 2009 that states do not have to obey the Second Amendment?s commandment that the of the people right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. She has found that free speech can also be limited. So it shows that Judge Sotomayor has decided that the bill of rights does not apply to the States where next will they not apply in her view? She also has track record of being hostile to civil rights enshrined in the Bill of Rights. From her rulings it seems that she was not chosen because of her understanding of the law, constitution or the bill of rights but because of her gender and race. Decisions should not be made based on personal opinions but on law and stated in the finding to show how the decision was reached, that she has not done either. Judgments should be made based on the law, constitution or the bill of rights and for the benefit of the citizens not the government and in so doing make the citizens subjects. From her track record she is not a good choice for the court or country but least of all for the citizens.

[tmittelstaed]

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.

[tmittelstaed]

I never thought i'd see Roseanne Barr confirmed to the US Supreme Court.

[GovernmentControl]

Sotomayer went on the record stating that college entrance exams are "culturally biased" because they are written in english.

[GovernmentControl]

If she looks like a racist, talks like a racist, walks likes a racist...

She probably is a racist.

[hungry1968-16]

ALL of GovernmentControl's posts are 100% pure, unadulterated ignorance.

That's why no one responds to his posts, and many of us don't even read them anymore.

[South-of-Heaven]

by GovernmentControl July 13, 2009 6:33 PM EDT
Sotomayer thinks hispanics are discriminated against if the controlling language of a binding business contract is english.


that is just 100% USDA Prime Ignorance.

[hungry1968-16]

ALL of GovernmentControl's posts are 100% pure, unadulterated ignorance.

That's why no one responds to his posts, and many of us don't even read them anymore.

[hungry1968-16]

by credibility2 July 13, 2009 6:11 PM EDT
reveal5 and hungry1968-16 truth and fact are the basis of credibility and don't irrationally conclude about gender, either kids. And, Sotomayor was against the firefighters who passed the test, most of them were white and only one was Hispanic; she was peeved that no black firefighters passed the test, therefore found the results to be invalid because according to her limited view, if blacks can't pass a test, then it must be biased against them and therefore invalid. She based her decision solely on the color of skin, which is racist. Her decisions have largely been to punish whites who excel at something over poor performing blacks who clearly lacked qualification; the firefighters reviewed the test and found it to be equal and without prejudice, yet Sotomayor's co-decision countered this just because she felt that because no blacks who took the test passed and therefore the test was racially biased against blacks. Again, the Supreme Court rightly reversed her co-decision punishing primarily the white's because of their skin color. Her decision was ill-founded and misguided and was based on hostility towards the majority race who succeeded on the test. That makes her a racist.







You are obviously UNAWARE that she served on the COURT OF APPEALS, with TWO OTHER judges.

She didn't make the ruling - the ruling was already made in a federal district court's ruling, and it was following established legal precedent. When the case came up to the court of appeals, she was one of THREE judges to rule against the white firefighters, BECAUSE of that established legal precedent.

When the case went all the way up to the SC, it BARELY was overturned by a 5-4 decision, that could EASILY have went the other way.

All of that being said, I thoroughly agree that the white firefighters were discriminated against.

But you simply CANNOT lay the entire blame for the case, or the results, on her. And you're a complete and total buffoon for even trying.

[GovernmentControl]

Sotomayer thinks hispanics are discriminated against if the controlling language of a binding business contract is english.

[credibility2]

reveal5 and hungry1968-16 truth and fact are the basis of credibility and don't irrationally conclude about gender, either kids. And, Sotomayor was against the firefighters who passed the test, most of them were white and only one was Hispanic; she was peeved that no black firefighters passed the test, therefore found the results to be invalid because according to her limited view, if blacks can't pass a test, then it must be biased against them and therefore invalid. She based her decision solely on the color of skin, which is racist. Her decisions have largely been to punish whites who excel at something over poor performing blacks who clearly lacked qualification; the firefighters reviewed the test and found it to be equal and without prejudice, yet Sotomayor's co-decision countered this just because she felt that because no blacks who took the test passed and therefore the test was racially biased against blacks. Again, the Supreme Court rightly reversed her co-decision punishing primarily the white's because of their skin color. Her decision was ill-founded and misguided and was based on hostility towards the majority race who succeeded on the test. That makes her a racist.

[medicalimagingguy]

This is too rich. You are called a racist if you even QUESTION a candidate. But yet, the Democrats crapped all over Estrada's right to a fair and impartial hearing. I guess he isn't a minority since he is conservative, right? look in the mirror, hypocrites.

[Illuminated1]

What's funny about all this is the fact the Republican party originally was against slavery turn out to be the real racists...and the democrats were the slavers now represent the mainstream minority....

How ironic...

[hungry1968-16]

reveal5: She never had any to begin with.

[erb0087]

She's not a racist at all.

[hungry1968-16]

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?

[credibility2]

stuart2020 - what's the matter moron, anyone who disagrees with your having formed a subjective opinion suckelled from the teats of the twisted liberal media is hardly in a position to dare challenge me. First moron, I don't have cable and can't possibly watch Fox News. Besides, what are you afraid anyway? Fox News may be right-leaning, but what's one station compared to all of the left-leaning ones like CBS, ABC, NBC, and MSNBC. Second, I'm an Independent. I neither voted for Bush 43 either time and I proudly and intelligently didn't vote for Obama. You think you're so smug you moron that you can't handle anyone who knows how to formulate an opinion based on fact. My reference was based on fact and you can't refute it. 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. Both she and those of your ilk are a menace to society and the rule of Constitutional law. Go back to your corner and finish your timeout, while you try and amuse yourself.

[hungry1968-16]

reveal5: She never had any to begin with.

[stuart2020]

And out of all those words you post there is not one single fact. Not one regarding anything you said about Sotomayer.

Not my problem you don't have cable.

Everyone suddenly wants to be an independent and claim that they have been. Right.

I could care less who you vote for.

No opinions based on fact in your post for me to respond to.

Sotomayber is no more a bigoted racist and in fact, if she indeed is one, could never possibly measure up to the neo-con, fascist, racist, extremists and ignorant people that call themselves the far far far out republicans these days. You are obviously one of them.

She is not a menace to society and neoither are the democrats.

You are clearly no expert on constitutional law. Your just a mouthpiece for Faux News Fantastically Forgettable Fables. You're a Rushbot like many who post idiodicy on this board.

Now you are excused and may go finish amusing yourself with all your many delusions about how racist and manacing Sottomayer is.

[GovernmentControl]

Sotomayor is an unrepentant racist, just like obamas "spiritual advisor" and "crazy uncle" rev wright, and just like obama himself.

[erb0087]

She's not a racist at all.

[beaumuff]

I have a old family recepie but do you really want to look like that? Ive seen better faces on iodine bottles.

[beaumuff]

I say put in judge Judy.

[TheMasses0009]

Sonya was raised on a steady diet of possum and chiggers.

[beaumuff]

I have a old family recepie but do you really want to look like that? Ive seen better faces on iodine bottles.

[eclecticman1]

THERE ARE A LOT OF LIES OUT THERE ABOUT SOTMAYER. ONE IS ABOUT THE NUMBER OF TIMES (60%) THAT SHE WAS REVERSED. HERE IS THE TRUTH: Over her ten years on the circuit court, Sotomayor has heard appeals in more than 3,000 cases, and has written about 380 opinions where she was in the majority. The Supreme Court reviewed five of those, reversing three and affirming two ? not high numbers for an appellate judge of that many years and a typical percentage of reversals.