Obama Nominates New supreme court justice
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Obama nominated Federal Appeals court Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the u.s supreme court today.She graduated from Princeton and earned her law degree from Yale. She was appointed a Federal District court Judge in 1992 by GHW Bush and then elevated to the 2nd circuit of appeals by president Clinton. At the time Republicans held up her confirmation but she eventually passed the senate 68-28
Today's selection drew swift praise from Liberals like Al. Sharpton, who called the choice "prudent and ground breaking. Chuck Schumer and Kristen Gillbrand also praised the pick as an excellent selection.
Foxnews.com
Today's selection drew swift praise from Liberals like Al. Sharpton, who called the choice "prudent and ground breaking. Chuck Schumer and Kristen Gillbrand also praised the pick as an excellent selection.
Foxnews.com
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jk. I dont know much about her.
ha ha ha....I love the Al Shapton reference....nicely played, faux news....
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Yes...and so what...?
How do you figure that, I would think the other justices would have just as much if not more then her. She's only 54.
Respectfully C.
Judge Sotomayor served 11 years on the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, one of the most demanding circuits in the country, and has handed down decisions on a range of complex legal and constitutional issues. If confirmed, Sotomayor would bring more federal judicial experience to the Supreme Court than any justice in 100 years, and more overall judicial experience than anyone confirmed for the Court in the past 70 years. Judge Richard C. Wesley, a George W. Bush appointee to the Second Circuit, said "Sonia is an outstanding colleague with a keen legal mind. She brings a wealth of knowledge and hard work to all her endeavors on our court. It is both a pleasure and an honor to serve with her."
http://www.whitehouse.gov/Sotomayor/
I don't think the White House would be putting out such a blatant statement on her experience (first question on anyones mind) with out fact checking it.
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you seem personally offended by my comment...that's a shame....
all I did was comment on a article posed....what's the big deal...?
personally, I think Al Sharpon is not the most popular person in the world...and when a "Liberal" like Al Sharpon is linked to someone, for some reason, the linking of Al and the Obama's nominee is not necessarily a compliment...
Racial Discrimination
Judge Sotomayor's most high-profile case, Ricci v. DeStefano, concerns white firefighters in New Haven who were denied promotions after an examination yielded no black firefighters eligible for advancement. Joining an unsigned opinion of a three-judge panel of the appeals court, Judge Sotomayor upheld the rejection of a lawsuit by white firefighters, one of them Hispanic, claiming race discrimination and, as part of the full appeals court, she declined to rehear the case. The Supreme Court is currently considering the case, and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy is the likely swing vote. Among the questions in the case is whether the law should treat diversity in the work force differently from diversity in the classroom. Judge Sotomayor dissented in part in an earlier case, Gant v. Wallingford Board of Education, finding that race discrimination had occurred when a school demoted a black child from first grade to kindergarten.
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Environment
In a defeat for environmental groups, the Supreme Court ruled this term that the Environmental Protection Agency may use cost-benefit calculations to decide whether to require power plants to make changes that could preserve aquatic organisms. The case mostly concerned the meaning of a phrase in the Clean Water Act that requires the power plants' cooling structures to "reflect the best technology available for minimizing adverse environmental impact." Judge Sotomayor had previously ruled that weighing the costs of the changes against the value of the organisms in dollars was not permitted by the law. Instead, the EPA could consider only what cost "may reasonably be borne" by the power plants. When her ruling was overturned by the Supreme Court, Justice John Paul Stevens, joined by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and David H. Souter, dissented, saying that cost-benefit analysis was prohibited by the law and pernicious in practice.
Second Amendment
Judge Sotomayor rejected a claim that a New York ban on a martial arts weapon (a nunchuka) violated a man's Second Amendment rights, explaining the Second Amendment only applies to the federal government. In this case, Maloney v. Cuomo, the court noted that the Supreme Court's ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller, which struck down parts of the District's gun control law, did not invalidate this principle, and "to the extent that Heller might be read to question the continuing validity of this principle," earlier Supreme Court rulings took precedence in the case.
Abortion
On the Circuit Court, Judge Sotomayor has been involved in few controversial issues like abortion. In one case, she denied a claim brought by an abortion rights group challenging a Bush policy that prohibited foreign organizations that receive foreign funds from performing or supporting abortions. Another case concerned the definition of "refugee," which includes victims of coercive family-planning practices. The Second Circuit ruled that this definition does not extend to unmarried partners of women forced to abort their pregnancies. Judge Sotomayor joined a concurring opinion which said it was unnecessary to consider whether the definition extended to legal spouses, because this particular case dealt with Chinese men and their girlfriends, not their wives.
from the Times
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Exactly. I don't remember reading anything when Roberts and Alito were appointed that said "conservatives like Pat Buchanan all support the choice".
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Too late, she is as much an activist as they come.
Saying the 2nd Amendment only applies to the Federal Government and not to cities and states is insane. The Supreme Court just declared the DC handgun ban unconstitutional and she is going to come onto the bench saying the opposite.
This country is going to hell in a handbasket.
You shouldn't worry this country will just fine. She was very good for baseball with her ruling back in 1995.
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What better way to subtly slam Obama's pick before anyone knows anything about it than to tell your conservative audience that liberals (a dirty word on that channel) love the pick as does Al Sharpton (one of the most reviled political activists around)?