Sotomayor Is a Shoo-In

Yet another person who has been on government handouts her entire life.

She is a shooin because in this day and age, anyone who speaks out against her harshly will be branded a racist, and people are scared of that these days (white people.)

The red states are seeing red when they see Sotomayor as a future Supreme Court Justice. How can they get a fair shake from a non-white judge who does not understand their values? Justice Thomas turned out ok because he was carefullty programmed to be an uncle tom who was appropriately servile and obedient. But a pushy Hispanic who had the nerve to go Ivy League and then question the rules and practices of the ruling class? She is the worst nightmare of the good old boys who yearn for the past when everyone knew their place and theirs was on top. God help us when minorities get into power. They just might treat white folks like the white folks treated them for generation after generation.

AP- WASHINGTON D.C.- In a move certain to fuel the debate over Obama's
qualifications for the presidency, the group "Americans for Freedom of
Information" has Released copies of President Obama's college transcripts
from Occidental College. Released today, the transcript indicates that
Obama, under the name Barry Soetoro, received financial aid as a foreign
student from Indonesia as an undergraduate at the school. The transcript
was released by Occidental College in compliance with a court order in a
suit brought by the group in the Superior Court of California. The
transcript shows that Obama (Soetoro) applied for financial aid and was
awarded a fellowship for foreign students from the Fulbright Foundation
Scholarship program. To qualify, for the scholarship, a student must claim
foreign citizenship. This document would seem to provide the smoking gun
that many of Obama's detractors have been seeking.

Along with the evidence that he was first born in Kenya and there is no
record of him ever applying for US citizenship, this is looking pretty
grim. The news has created a firestorm at the White House as the release
casts increasing doubt about Obama's legitimacy and qualification to serve
as president. When reached for comment in London, where he has been in
meetings with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Obama smiled but refuse
d comment on the issue.

Britain's Daily Mail has also carried the story in a front-page article
titled, "Obama Eligibility Questioned," leading some to speculate that the
story may overshadow economic issues on Obama's first official visit to the
U.K.

In a related matter, under growing pressure from several groups, Justice
Antonin Scalia announced that the Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear
arguments concerning Obama's legal eligibility to serve as President in a
case brought by Leo Donofrio of New Jersey. This lawsuit claims Obama's
dual citizenship disqualified him from serving as president. Donofrio's
case is just one of 18 suits brought by citizens demanding proof of Obama's
citizenship or qualification to serve as president.

Gary Kreep of the United States Justice Foundation has released the results
of their investigation of Obama's campaign spending. This study estimates
that Obama has spent upwards of $950,000 in campaign funds in the past year
with eleven law firms in 12 states for legal resources to block disclosure
of any of his personal records. Mr. Kreep indicated that the investigation
is still ongoing but that the final report will be provided to the U.S.
attorney general, Eric Holder. Mr. Holder has refused to comment on the
matter.

Welll .... lessee - your interesting take on the urban sophsticate vs. the country low-brow culture is a thoughtful angle. But almost all the chatter about Judge Sotomayor covers a few key points (one of which you touched on);

A. QUALIFICATIONS

Judge Sotomayor brings to the bench the most trial experience of any postential candidates as well as far more than her to-be colleagues on the Supreme Court. She earned outstanding law school marks, served as a prosecutor, is a respected legal scholar much in demand for conferences and colloquia, and recently achieved the American Bar Association's highest rating on qualification for the nomination.

So those of you who say that qualifications alone matter, rest easy.

B. PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE

Judge Sotomayor's VERY extensive list of rulings and opinions shows that she is primarily a moderate to conservative jurist. She overwhelmingly ruled not in favor of those persons claiming discrimination, but rather against them. The character of her rulings as a body shows that the judge closely hews to the law and to established precedent. That, by the way, was what she did in the "Ricci" or New Haven firefighters' case.

So those you worried some loose cannon driven by emotion rather than knowledge of and desire to enforce the law might get on the Supreme Court bench, you rest easy, now, too.

C. RACE AND ETHNICITY

Judge Sotomayor has consistently shown herself not to be a racist, although she is appropriately self-aware. This issue seems more to inolve the politics of the nomination than the nominee, regardless of the loathsome rantings of certain talk show hosts and televsion commentators. Although there is indeed a political dimension to the President's choice of nominees, it does not appear to really carry over to Judge Sotomayor's own behavior as a judge before, nor to anything she's likely to do as a Supreme Court justice. The politics was an appropriate aspect of the President's decision-making process - he is, indeed, the nation's top politician at the moment. That is not an aspect of how Judge Sotomayor has behaved thus far so ease off.

And by the way, who here has ever heard of the Dred Scott Decision? Who here could REALLY defend it even in the terms and context of its own time? The Supreme Court ALWAYS gets involved in everything some smarmy folk here refuse to admit are part of life. To you disaffected Neo-Cons and diehard Reeps, let me just say one thing: The election of 2000 was LOST by George W. Bush.

She will do just fine. She will change the dynamics of the court because of who she is.

I would have to disagree. This is another example as to why Obama's polll numbers continue to decline and will continue the downward trend. He will be a one-term president.