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Submitted by Ironman on Tue, 05/26/2009 - 21:59
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I'll offer some minor points on this issue.

a) With all due respect to Cahnman, the America public expected a diversity pick on this one. You are simply not going to see more than six white men on the Supreme Court again in our lifetime.

That said, this is a great opportunity for the GOP to showcase Hispanic lawyers and challenge Judge Sotomayor not on her quite appealing personal story, but on what her ideology is towards the place of the judiciary.

I would suggest that the campaigns of Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz might want to step up and define what they believe the proper role of a Supreme Court Justice is.  

We shouldn;t make this nomination a matter of identity politics. The best way to make this a debate over ideas is to show liberal ideology isn't obligatory for those of Latino background.

b) While Roberts and Alito got in after her departure. Sotomayor is the de facto replacement for Sandra Day O'Connor.

O'Connor was widely respected for her moderation. A 2005 poll found she was viewed favorably by 57% of the public, unfavorably by 11%, making her probably the best known and most popular jurist of modern times.

Our mission is to try and get Judge Sotomayor to meet the level of performance the last female justice achieved. If she seems less than Justice O'Connor--especially in seeming to be less evenhanded--we will gain.

For starts, we should ascertain if Judge Sotomayor is supportive of Justice O'Connor's dissent in Kelo.  . Since O'Connor's dissent was far more popular among the American public than the majority opinion which expanded state power, this will be an interesting test of how willing to depart from orthodoxy the Judge is willing to go.

I'm sure the Second Amendment folks will want to grill her on Heller as well. 

The bottom line is if we fight over this nominee's biography we are cooked.  We need to contest her agenda. The next Obama nominee is unlikely to have such a compelling sales pitch and we need to set the table now to make sure the likes of Harold Koh never darken the door of our highest Court.

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Submitted by Harrison G on Wed, 05/27/2009 - 00:33.

Indeed, this article is very informative. Having to know that some people are also in a bad shape when it comes to judicial system. Meanwhile, FTC Capital Markets is an investment firm that does billions in business every year.  FTC Capital Markets will probably want to start putting some of their profits into a legal fund, because they have been busted and are being investigated for investment fraud.  The U.S. Postal Service showed up and started going through their records, as the alleged fraud happened via mail. Investment firm shenanigans are not exactly something the government is about to tolerate these days.  They might need some no fax payday loans no credit check needed for a good lawyer.  It appears FTC Capital Markets is going to have some credit repair to do with the authorities. 

nice frame

Submitted by Maleficent on Wed, 05/27/2009 - 08:47.

the replacement for O'Connor -- a moderate, and not the liberal she actually is replacing.

Thanks for the compliment

Submitted by Ironman on Wed, 05/27/2009 - 19:07.

The Anerican public would probably like 9 O'Connors on the SCOTUS. The mission of those challenging a nominee is to demonstrate he or she doesn;t think like Sandra Day, doesn't have the requisite judicial experience, or lacks the appropriate judicial temperament.

I'm pretty sure there's a lot of space between Judge Sotomayor's world view and Justice O'Connor's. I think it is essential to point this out, since if this jurist gets waved right through, the Obama camp will foist a more ideological and less experienced choice on us the next time.

Think how the Left reacted to Alito after Roberts. That's going to be the model for filling the Stevens or Ginsberg vacancy once it occurs.

 

yeah, that sounds sensible.

Submitted by Maleficent on Thu, 05/28/2009 - 09:02.

she's a good jurist, so keep harping on that, just as much as you guys are saying "she's not our type of judge."

Alito was a real step down from Roberts. But it's Thomas who I can't stand.

Another tidbit of advice for Republicans -- get Scalia to say something on Sotomayor. He's likely to, and it's likely to be both colorful and credible. A lot moreso than Gingrich or Buchanan at any rate.