Judge Sonia Sotomayor Confirmation Hearing: Open Thread
By John Amato Monday Jul 13, 2009 7:57amWe have opening statements this morning and I see they are about to take a break for lunch...Your thoughts?
Here's an article stating that Conservatives on the bench are the activists in our midst:
We found that justices vary widely in their inclination to strike down Congressional laws. Justice Clarence Thomas, appointed by President George H. W. Bush, was the most inclined, voting to invalidate 65.63 percent of those laws; Justice Stephen Breyer, appointed by President Bill Clinton, was the least, voting to invalidate 28.13 percent. The tally for all the justices appears below.
Thomas 65.63 %
Kennedy 64.06 %
Scalia 56.25 %
Rehnquist 46.88 %
O’Connor 46.77 %
Souter 42.19 %
Stevens 39.34 %
Ginsburg 39.06 %
Breyer 28.13 %One conclusion our data suggests is that those justices often considered more "liberal" - Justices Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David Souter and John Paul Stevens - vote least frequently to overturn Congressional statutes, while those often labeled "conservative" vote more frequently to do so. At least by this measure (others are possible, of course), the latter group is the most activist.
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with no problem.
..let's get this over with quickly so we can get back to criminal proceedings against the Bush administration.
Time's a wastin!
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We have opening statements this morning and I see they are about to take a break for lunch...Your thoughts?
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Are they ordering Mexican?
Don't forget the lime margaritas!!!
Ahhh, the dangers of bad cultural humor.
Uh, since she's Puertoricania, it might be funnier (and more accurate) if you said "Are they ordering Puerto Rican? Don't forget the Coquitos". But just barely.
Acho, Pendejo. No se formó un corre y corre.
It's hard to find good Puerto Rican food inside Texas.
I was goofin' on the term Hispanic, and how those republicans questioning Sotomayor might fail to see the difference.
That being said that distinction is ironic given that so many politicians and others of high-position routinely group us all as Anglos. I'm Pictish-Celtic.
Someone else with a name like Mihail Kazurinsky would be grouped the same.
Even worse is when on the forms they don't ask if you're white or Caucasian, they ask if you're a "White non-Hispanic."
Its only "activism" if they rule constitutionally on the side of the people.
If they rule in favor of the monied multinational corporation interests which screw 98% of the population, then they are not activists. Republican logic 101.
Republicans: We just don't feel you are as good as Estrada would have been. Life is so unfair to us.
Democrats: Good on you, Judge Sotomayor.
Lindsey Graham: As is always the story, the main character in this story is of course me. Impress me because well, I am what it's all about.
...I'm gay, but I'm not out.
Several times since Judge Sotomayor was nominated, Lindsey has said if he had said what the judge did about being a wise latina he would have been finished. I always laugh when he says that. I guess if he had said that we was a wise woman he would be finished and he knows it.
Yes, that has been funny. He would probably be both: finished and out.
I wish he'd just spare us all the time-consuming drama, though, and ask her if he could borrow her shoes.
When I hear the name Lindsey Graham, the first thing that comes to my mind is "drama". The dude should have been a professional actor instead of a professional political actor.
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olives are grown. Word of random advice I learned from a classmate whose grandfather was an olive farmer: never eat olives straight from the tree; they'll taste horrendous. :)
Maybe Sen. Graham should've also had a role in Mean Girls?
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always places the linen napkin on her lap.
Red is right, http://scotusscores.com
Great infographic: .. developed by political scientists to measure "the relative location of each U.S. Supreme Court justice on an ideological continuum."
Hoowever, Clinton was no liberal as depicted on the chart. He was a centrist at best. There hasn't been a liberal in charge for a LONG time. We just pick the person who stands to the left of Nixon and CALL them liberal.
Doin' some representin'!
God help us if the court rules golf is not a constitutional right.
I can't find where it's mentioned in the Constitution but I'm sure some "activist" judge probably found it in the rough.
is giving you a problem?
The part in the middle.
and a double bogie.
Of COURSE the most "activist" judges are the right-wing nutjobs: they want to overturn any rulings that actually support civil rights.
It's no surprise that "Uncle Tom" Thomas is the worst; he'd just as soon take America back to the 19th century. With his boss Scalia's approval, of course.
What binds us is blind justice...unless you're not a rich white guy.
Sentor Sheldon Whitehouse just gave one hell of a great speech. It makes the whining republicans look like mere angry children looking to find a silly fight for the sole sake of fighting. If I were a republican yet to give my speech, I would just go home now.
Most normal people with a shred of dignity and 2 I.Q. points would.
But these are sociopathic individuals who suffer from narccissistic personality disorder.
They have about as much self awareness as the pervert who makes an inappropriate joke in front of a family gathering, and doesn't understand why he's the only one laughing while everyone else stares at him with a WTF look.
That would be me.
hehe
After 8 years of these Republicans supporting the most pernicious kind of perverse judicial and Executive activism, they have the chutzpah to lecture this nominee about "empathy" and "rule of law". They are soulless ghouls.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo8Yafx_VcI&fe...
I laugh my ass off at 19 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwicOylqwWQ
1) "Conservatives" aren't really conservative;
2) John Paul Stevens, who has been on the court since Nixon, is what a true "moderate" should be--he has been in on a bazillion cases, but his tendency to overturn Congress is temperate.
Clarence Thomas, OTOH, is a waste of space. (OK, so that's three observations.)
Senator Coburn: Some may have suggested that you, Judge Sotomayor arrived here today in a UFO. I'm not saying that you did, I just like to say what others are saying no matter how insane it sounds.
And he is better than the other Senator from Oklahoma.
What the hell is up with Oklahoma?
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Yeah, who do you pick from OK - the whackjob who compared the environmental movement to the Nazis and said no one in his family was ever homosexual or the whackjob who calls for the death penalty for abortion even though when he was a gyno he performed a couple of them and sterilized a 21 year old woman without her permission? Hmmmm.
cats. Or admit to putting firecrackers in frogs.
The moderates knew enough to leave during the dust bowl.
It took 80 years for them to plow California into oblivion too. I guess California had better soil.
It so much wants to be just like Texas.
in a fierce perennial battle to see who can rack more "wingnut of the year" awards...
on a per capita basis those Okies always have us licked.
What our Senators do best.
I love hearing that.
The clown just got here!
Republicans: We respect you Judge and we intend to try to tear you to shreds later this week. Afterall, we know more about judgin' and shit than anyone else.
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