Sonia Sotomayor - A Racist

[Bryce]

Our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging," Sotomayor told the audience at the University of California at Berkeley that day in October 2001. "Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see. . . . I wonder whether by ignoring our differences as women or men of color we do a disservice both to the law and society."

I'm no T Rump fan, but the double standard is just killing me. No one would ever think about calling Justice Sonia Sotomayor a racist. But, T-Rump is labeled as such by just about everyone for thinking the same thing.

[Deleted User 8570]

Our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging," Sotomayor told the audience at the University of California at Berkeley that day in October 2001. "Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see. . . . I wonder whether by ignoring our differences as women or men of color we do a disservice both to the law and society."

I'm no T Rump fan, but the double standard is just killing me. No one would ever think about calling Justice Sonia Sotomayor a racist. But, T-Rump is labeled as such by just about everyone for thinking the same thing.

That's not the same... Not at all...

[audiophile]

Sotomayer is an activist judge, so I'm not surprised she would say things like that.

[Deleted User 8570]

Sotomayer is an activist judge, so I'm not surprised she would say things like that.

That she does or not is not really a relevant topic... She'll vote with the liberals every time anyways... No different than a Thomas or Scalia...

[bmw]

Our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging," Sotomayor told the audience at the University of California at Berkeley that day in October 2001. "Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see. . . . I wonder whether by ignoring our differences as women or men of color we do a disservice both to the law and society."

I'm no T Rump fan, but the double standard is just killing me. No one would ever think about calling Justice Sonia Sotomayor a racist. But, T-Rump is labeled as such by just about everyone for thinking the same thing.

That's not the same... Not at all...

While not quoted here, she did go on to say that:

"Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see. My hope is that I will take the good from my experiences and extrapolate them further into areas with which I am unfamiliar. I simply do not know exactly what that difference will be in my judging. But I accept there will be some based on my gender and my Latina heritage."

This is exactly the same context in which Trump spoke (ie - one's heritage). Here, Sotomayor is explicitly acknowledging that her rulings will be affected by her Latina heritage (and for that matter, by her gender as well).

[Deleted User 8570]

Our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging," Sotomayor told the audience at the University of California at Berkeley that day in October 2001. "Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see. . . . I wonder whether by ignoring our differences as women or men of color we do a disservice both to the law and society."

I'm no T Rump fan, but the double standard is just killing me. No one would ever think about calling Justice Sonia Sotomayor a racist. But, T-Rump is labeled as such by just about everyone for thinking the same thing.

That's not the same... Not at all...

While not quoted here, she did go on to say that:

"Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see. My hope is that I will take the good from my experiences and extrapolate them further into areas with which I am unfamiliar. I simply do not know exactly what that difference will be in my judging. But I accept there will be some based on my gender and my Latina heritage."

This is exactly the same context in which Trump spoke (ie - one's heritage). Here, Sotomayor is explicitly acknowledging that her rulings will be affected by her Latina heritage (and for that matter, by her gender as well).

So how can you extrapolate that her opinion is the same as Curio's? This is crazy talk guys... You are using an unrelated persons words from 15 years ago to verify facts about another person today to prove trump right or something... Join the circus... You contort very well...

Again this is irrelavent beyond saying something about Sotomayor... But she said the GOOD of her experiences so I mean that may not be all bad and realistically everyone's going to draw on experience at some level to make decisions. Especially when judging a document thats as clear as mud.

[bmw]

I'm not defending Trump's statements. Quite frankly I think it is an idiotic move to say anything about a judge who is presiding over ongoing litigation in which you are involved. It was equally idiotic to even mention the Judge's heritage. But he said what he said, and everybody is in a frenzy (including establishment republicans).

The point is, Sotomayor's statements, given her current position of power, are far more troubling than Trump's. Trump is simply suggesting that a single judge may have bias against a single Defendant (Trump). Sotomayor, however, who is now on the Supreme Court, has suggested that all judges, herself included, may be inherently biased because of their ethnicity and gender. Yet, Sotomayor largely gets a pass and Trump gets bombarded.

[Matt]

Sotomayer is an activist judge, so I'm not surprised she would say things like that.

That she does or not is not really a relevant topic... She'll vote with the liberals every time anyways... No different than a Thomas or Scalia...

So in other words, she's a mental midget. Lovely.

I remember when her fellow mental midget Harry Reid suggested GWB should nominate her back in 2005.

[Deleted User 8570]

Sotomayer is an activist judge, so I'm not surprised she would say things like that.

That she does or not is not really a relevant topic... She'll vote with the liberals every time anyways... No different than a Thomas or Scalia...

So in other words, she's a mental midget. Lovely.

I remember when her fellow mental midget Harry Reid suggested GWB should nominate her back in 2005.

I would say both sides have ideas worthy of mental midgets...

[MWmetalhead]

I don't know if Sotomayor is a racist or if she's accusing her colleagues of being racist, but either way, her remarks are deeply disturbing.

[Bryce]

Beyond disturbing. Those statements should disqualify her for a position on the Nation's highest court. Imagine another nominee, say a white male, making the same statement with several words changed:

Our gender and religious beliefs may and will make a difference in our judging," White male nominee, told the audience at the University of California at Berkeley that day in October 20. "My hope is that I will take the good from my experiences and extrapolate them further into areas with which I am unfamiliar. I simply do not know exactly what that difference will be in my judging. But I accept there will be some based on my gender and my evangelist upbringing."


What do you think the chances of that nominee being confirmed?

[Deleted User 8570]

Beyond disturbing. Those statements should disqualify her for a position on the Nation's highest court. Imagine another nominee, say a white male, making the same statement with several words changed:

Our gender and religious beliefs may and will make a difference in our judging," White male nominee, told the audience at the University of California at Berkeley that day in October 20. "My hope is that I will take the good from my experiences and extrapolate them further into areas with which I am unfamiliar. I simply do not know exactly what that difference will be in my judging. But I accept there will be some based on my gender and my evangelist upbringing."


What do you think the chances of that nominee being confirmed?

That depends on the political climate at the time...

[Matt]

Beyond disturbing. Those statements should disqualify her for a position on the Nation's highest court. Imagine another nominee, say a white male, making the same statement with several words changed:

Our gender and religious beliefs may and will make a difference in our judging," White male nominee, told the audience at the University of California at Berkeley that day in October 20. "My hope is that I will take the good from my experiences and extrapolate them further into areas with which I am unfamiliar. I simply do not know exactly what that difference will be in my judging. But I accept there will be some based on my gender and my evangelist upbringing."


What do you think the chances of that nominee being confirmed?

Not exactly an apples to apples comparison. You could have emphasized the candidates whiteness rather than changing it to religious beliefs and it would have been a more fair comparison to what the mental midget said.

[jry]

They released the names of those that were killed in the Orlando Night Club. There was a Sotomayor on the list. Is this a common name, if FL? Maybe he was a relative?

[Deleted User 8570]

They released the names of those that were killed in the Orlando Night Club. There was a Sotomayor on the list. Is this a common name, if FL? Maybe he was a relative?

Florida is heavily Latino so probably not uncommon...