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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 545782" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p><a href="http://dissentingjustice.blogspot.com/2009/05/strikingly-similar-comparing-sotomayors.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red">Dissenting Justice</span> </a>has an interesting article that compares Sotomayer's "race related" comments to those made by other judges on the High Court bench.</p><p></p><p>Another happening of interest of recent days is the annoucement from the office of Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn that George Washington Law Professor Orin Kerr (a regular blogger on the libertarian/conservative website <a href="http://volokh.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red">Volokh Conspiracy</span></a>) with be Sen. Cornyn Special Counsel on the Sotomayer confirmation process. On June 5th, Kerr posted this at the VC website.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>What makes this all of interest is that Kerr has been (for lack of better words) an advocate for Sotomayer and has posted some interesting thoughts on her actual record concerning her as it pertains to libertarian/conservative values at VC.</p><p></p><p>Now Kerr has also defended Janet Reno for whom he worked in the late 1990's (surely a bad mark in red-state circles) and Justice Souter of whom he observed as a law clerk for Justice Kennedy but IMO the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081201180818/http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/11/09/kerr/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red">most stinging indictment of Kerr</span></a> came in Nov./08' from the keyboard of Glenn Greenwald at Salon. Kerr's education in engineering (holds MS in mechanical engineering before getting his law degree) placed Kerr early on in the computer field where he is now seen as an expert relating to 4th amendment issues concerning computers and the internet. I happen to see Glenn along with the likes of Jonathan Turley more the experts in relation to the 4th amendment. My point here is, Kerr's defense of Sotomayer should initally raise alarm bells but defaulting to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090529092306/http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/05/26/sotomayor/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red">Greenwald</span></a> (I do so because of his nearly airtight record of defending these principles even in cases I'm sure he doesn't want too), in the case of many of these 4th amendment issues, Sotomayer doesn't seem to register any real alarms at this point.</p><p></p><p>Let's be honest, she's not really all that much different than the justice she will replace on the court and both sides you might say are spinning the story. Republicans are the more obvious but many democrats are sitting back quitely allowing the republican circus to implicate therefore that Sotomayer must be on opposite ends of the universe from where republicans stand. It may be the MSM (mainstreet media) just gassing the flames to jack up what are already low ratings (those that took the red pill, every larger numbers by the day, flock to the alternative media)but IMO blue staters (especially the party leadership) have done little (again IMO) to dissuade the image of Sotomayer being extreme other than to name call the republicans.</p><p></p><p>I can only conclude the democrats are defaulting the same con job their opposite isle counterparts used in letting the democrats tell the public that their nominees would end abortion, have school children tooting guns and their fathers and mothers would drive tanks to work and carry M-60's out on date night, etc. when in fact with 7 of the 9 justices were republican and none of that ever got close even when republicans controlled all 3 branches of gov't. Republicans let the democrats sell the BS spin to the mindless red staters in order to froth the base so they'd look no further at how they were really getting screwed and IMO the rolls are just reversed now. The democrat base will believe Sotomayer is the archangel Gabriel (since Obama is either Messiah or Michael I had to pick another<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/happy-very.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy-very:" title="Happy Very :happy-very:" data-shortname=":happy-very:" />) without the democrats ever having to utter a word other than to condemn republicans. Sotomayer is here to defeat the demonic forces of Satan. But then so were all the other judges too so there you go!</p><p></p><p>Now while all are watching the main event on Saturday night wrestling (otherwise called Washington DC) it's obvious with Kerr becoming a corner man for a Texas "REPUBLICAN" Senator that Sotomayer unless it's discovered she slept with Dick Cheney or something is going to be the next SCOTUS associate justice. What even makes this more delightful is that Bush 1 nominated Sotomayer initally to the federal bench in a scheme to attract hispanic and women voters and then Clinton pulled a card switch when he put her on the appeals bench. Now the democrats via Obama have taken the best 2 out of 3 falls by placing her on the high court which is what bothsides had in mind from the beginning but as to who would position themselves for the purely political move was up in the air. Give the USA title belt to the democrats and watch them do their best Ric Flair WOOOOOOO! I guess we can expect some "riding Space Mountain" talk too!</p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/happy-very.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy-very:" title="Happy Very :happy-very:" data-shortname=":happy-very:" /></p><p></p><p>After all the talk is over and done, I've not seen much change in any direction other than to maintain the status quo when it comes to the high court so IMO, this is all just more wine and circus from the flim/flam artists known by the title of US gov't.</p><p></p><p>What will be interesting IMO to watch is how Sotomayer answers to any question (if they have the ballz to open that can of worms) concerning her college senior paper supporting the right of <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/05/26/in-college-thesis-sotomayor-appeared-to-support-puerto-rican-independence/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red">Puerto Rican independence</span></a>. What makes this a bit of eye candy is the implication that if Puerto Rico has the right of succession, then so does <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/surprised.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":surprised:" title="Surprised :surprised:" data-shortname=":surprised:" /></p><p></p><p>As they say on the commerical selling Smiling Bob's favorite pill:</p><p></p><p>"This could be fun!"</p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wink2:" title="Wink :wink2:" data-shortname=":wink2:" /></p><p></p><p>Come to think of it, she can sleep with Cheney and win points among blue staters as long as she was on top!</p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/happy-very.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy-very:" title="Happy Very :happy-very:" data-shortname=":happy-very:" /></p><p></p><p>I saw where I think Gingrich implied Sotomayer's foot injury was fake? Interesting to say the least and I'd not put either side past pulling a stunt like this but IMO Gingrich is just coming across looking more and more like this.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://media.mcclatchydc.com/smedia/2009/05/22/12/612-0522steele.slideshow_main.prod_affiliate.91.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 545782, member: 2189"] [URL='http://dissentingjustice.blogspot.com/2009/05/strikingly-similar-comparing-sotomayors.html'][COLOR=red]Dissenting Justice[/COLOR] [/URL]has an interesting article that compares Sotomayer's "race related" comments to those made by other judges on the High Court bench. Another happening of interest of recent days is the annoucement from the office of Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn that George Washington Law Professor Orin Kerr (a regular blogger on the libertarian/conservative website [URL='http://volokh.com/'][COLOR=red]Volokh Conspiracy[/COLOR][/URL]) with be Sen. Cornyn Special Counsel on the Sotomayer confirmation process. On June 5th, Kerr posted this at the VC website. What makes this all of interest is that Kerr has been (for lack of better words) an advocate for Sotomayer and has posted some interesting thoughts on her actual record concerning her as it pertains to libertarian/conservative values at VC. Now Kerr has also defended Janet Reno for whom he worked in the late 1990's (surely a bad mark in red-state circles) and Justice Souter of whom he observed as a law clerk for Justice Kennedy but IMO the [URL='https://web.archive.org/web/20081201180818/http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/11/09/kerr/'][COLOR=red]most stinging indictment of Kerr[/COLOR][/URL] came in Nov./08' from the keyboard of Glenn Greenwald at Salon. Kerr's education in engineering (holds MS in mechanical engineering before getting his law degree) placed Kerr early on in the computer field where he is now seen as an expert relating to 4th amendment issues concerning computers and the internet. I happen to see Glenn along with the likes of Jonathan Turley more the experts in relation to the 4th amendment. My point here is, Kerr's defense of Sotomayer should initally raise alarm bells but defaulting to [URL='https://web.archive.org/web/20090529092306/http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/05/26/sotomayor/'][COLOR=red]Greenwald[/COLOR][/URL] (I do so because of his nearly airtight record of defending these principles even in cases I'm sure he doesn't want too), in the case of many of these 4th amendment issues, Sotomayer doesn't seem to register any real alarms at this point. Let's be honest, she's not really all that much different than the justice she will replace on the court and both sides you might say are spinning the story. Republicans are the more obvious but many democrats are sitting back quitely allowing the republican circus to implicate therefore that Sotomayer must be on opposite ends of the universe from where republicans stand. It may be the MSM (mainstreet media) just gassing the flames to jack up what are already low ratings (those that took the red pill, every larger numbers by the day, flock to the alternative media)but IMO blue staters (especially the party leadership) have done little (again IMO) to dissuade the image of Sotomayer being extreme other than to name call the republicans. I can only conclude the democrats are defaulting the same con job their opposite isle counterparts used in letting the democrats tell the public that their nominees would end abortion, have school children tooting guns and their fathers and mothers would drive tanks to work and carry M-60's out on date night, etc. when in fact with 7 of the 9 justices were republican and none of that ever got close even when republicans controlled all 3 branches of gov't. Republicans let the democrats sell the BS spin to the mindless red staters in order to froth the base so they'd look no further at how they were really getting screwed and IMO the rolls are just reversed now. The democrat base will believe Sotomayer is the archangel Gabriel (since Obama is either Messiah or Michael I had to pick another:happy-very:) without the democrats ever having to utter a word other than to condemn republicans. Sotomayer is here to defeat the demonic forces of Satan. But then so were all the other judges too so there you go! Now while all are watching the main event on Saturday night wrestling (otherwise called Washington DC) it's obvious with Kerr becoming a corner man for a Texas "REPUBLICAN" Senator that Sotomayer unless it's discovered she slept with Dick Cheney or something is going to be the next SCOTUS associate justice. What even makes this more delightful is that Bush 1 nominated Sotomayer initally to the federal bench in a scheme to attract hispanic and women voters and then Clinton pulled a card switch when he put her on the appeals bench. Now the democrats via Obama have taken the best 2 out of 3 falls by placing her on the high court which is what bothsides had in mind from the beginning but as to who would position themselves for the purely political move was up in the air. Give the USA title belt to the democrats and watch them do their best Ric Flair WOOOOOOO! I guess we can expect some "riding Space Mountain" talk too! :happy-very: After all the talk is over and done, I've not seen much change in any direction other than to maintain the status quo when it comes to the high court so IMO, this is all just more wine and circus from the flim/flam artists known by the title of US gov't. What will be interesting IMO to watch is how Sotomayer answers to any question (if they have the ballz to open that can of worms) concerning her college senior paper supporting the right of [URL='http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/05/26/in-college-thesis-sotomayor-appeared-to-support-puerto-rican-independence/'][COLOR=red]Puerto Rican independence[/COLOR][/URL]. What makes this a bit of eye candy is the implication that if Puerto Rico has the right of succession, then so does :surprised: As they say on the commerical selling Smiling Bob's favorite pill: "This could be fun!" :wink2: Come to think of it, she can sleep with Cheney and win points among blue staters as long as she was on top! :happy-very: I saw where I think Gingrich implied Sotomayer's foot injury was fake? Interesting to say the least and I'd not put either side past pulling a stunt like this but IMO Gingrich is just coming across looking more and more like this. [IMG]http://media.mcclatchydc.com/smedia/2009/05/22/12/612-0522steele.slideshow_main.prod_affiliate.91.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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