Urgent: Obama Names Racist To Supreme Court – History Disputes That She Is First Hispanic
May 26, 2009 18 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
“The court of appeals is where policy is made.†– Obama Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor
“President Obama will nominate New York 2nd Cirucuit federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court Tuesday, FOX News has learned.
Sotomayor, 54, would be the first Hispanic on the high court if confirmed (maybe, see below – PD). She would succeed outgoing Justice David Souter.
Obama had said he’s looking for a nominee who demonstrates empathy and “intellectual fire power,” as well as possesses what he calls the “common touch.” ”
Excerpted from Politico:
Sotomayor’s nomination is likely to draw attention to the divisive issue of affirmative action, due to a ruling she joined last year against against white New Haven firefighters who complained that their rights were violated on a promotion test that was withdrawn after African-American candidates did poorly on it. The case caused a bitter divide among 2nd Circuit judges and is set to be argued before the Supreme Court this term.
When Sotomayor’s named was widely floated in recently weeks as one of the leading contenders for the court, some legal commentators opined that her opinions did not have great intellectual heft and that she was unlikely to fulfill the role of a judicial powerhouse who could win over moderate judges by the weight of her argument. Many of the critics were lawyers who had handled cases before her.
Many scholars contend that the first Hispanic on the Supreme Court was actually Justice Benjamin Cardozo, whose served on the court from 1932 to 1938 after being nominated by President Herbert Hoover.
