Mike Huckabee is first out of the gate to put his foot in his mouth and set the tone for the rightwing's attack against her. And it has nothing to do with her qualifications.

"The appointment of Maria Sotomayor for the Supreme Court is the clearest indication yet that President Obama's campaign promises to be a centrist and think in a bipartisan way were mere rhetoric."

Because everyone knows that all Hispanic women are named Maria.

I'm delighted wtih the choice, if it t*cks off Mike Huckabee.  Of course, he's just pretending to be offended.  If she's a bad choice, why'd Bush nominate her?

Whoever the presidents picks, Republicans have vowed to "take a stand." So much for making the GOP "all inclusive."

  "Because everyone knows that all Hispanic women are named Maria"

Wait a minute ...!

Sotomayor does not look Mexican.

--virgil

Well, they're intent on making  the Republican party represent the full spectrum from white to white.  All they *REALLY* want to do is delay her appointment until after the start of the new term.

Obama ought to call the Senate back into session in August to consider the nomination.  They'll cave.

I think it was an easy choice for BO.  She is so like his wife, a racist, sexist minority that has used Affirmative Action and government set asides  to get everything she has all the while making decisions based on politics against white males rather than based on the rule of law.  The story line of being the all american success story is baloney.

NAME — Sonia Sotomayor

AGE-BIRTHDATE-LOCATION — 54; June 25, 1954; New York, N.Y.

EXPERIENCE — judge, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1998-present; judge, U. S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1992-1998; private practice, New York City, 1984-1992; assistant district attorney, New York County, 1979-1984

EDUCATION — B.A., Princeton University, 1976; J.D., Yale Law School, 1979.

QUOTE — "I don't believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance. It says what it says. We should do honor to it." — During a 1997 nomination hearing.

In one of her most memorable rulings as federal district judge, Sotomayor essentially salvaged baseball in 1995, ruling with players over owners in a labor strike that had led to the cancellation of the World Series.

As an appellate judge, she sided with the city of New Haven, Conn., in a discrimination case brought by white firefighters after the city threw out results of a promotion exam because two few minorities scored high enough. Ironically, that case is now before the Supreme Court.

Just what I found poking around a bit~ looks fine to me.

You know, I was talking to Anglo 3 the other day and I heard that Sotomayer graduated Princeton - Summa Cum Laude, too 

--virgil

You know, I was talking to Anglo 3 the other day and I heard that Sotomayer graduated Princeton Summa Cum Laude, too 

On a scholarship, IIRC.

soooooooooo................is she being pushed forward because she is a woman? a hispanic? a hispanic woman? what she can DO for the democratic party? or for her expertise, knowledge, intelligence?

How about what can she do on SCOTUS ?

What is wrong with having the court resemble the rest of the country?

BTW President G.Bush,Sr. appointed her for the bench.

If anglo's baseless, racially tinged  attack is any indication, the rightwingers are in for a world of hurt if they fight her nomination.

I personally hope she can begin to undo the damage Shrub did to the court.

 "BTW President G.Bush,Sr. appointed her for the bench"

And Jr., couldn't remember her name ...

--virgil

http://www.scotusblog.com/w...

Interesting reading~ poke around and you can find a wealth of info on her rulings.

So gird yer loins. Remember: Republicans have no sense of irony and the attention span of spastic five year-olds. Even when they should just walk away from this battle, they're gonna have to toss some meat to the very few constituencies who still support 'em. And it's gonna be big fun in Confirmationville.

http://rudepundit.blogspot....

Warning: The Rude Pundit is not family friendly but is highly insightful and always entertaining.

 From the link above~

"Objectively, her qualifications are overwhelming from the perspective of ordinary Americans.  She has been a prosecutor, private litigator, trial judge, and appellate judge.  No one currently on the Court has that complete package of experience.

The objective evidence is that Sotomayor is in fact extremely intelligent.  Graduating at the top of the class at Princeton is a signal accomplishment.  Her opinions are thorough, well-reasoned, and clearly written.  Nothing suggests she isn’t the match of the other Justices.

But there isn’t any reason to believe that she is anything other than a tough questioner.  My impression from her questioning at oral arguments is that it is similar to the Chief Justice, Justice Scalia, and (in cases in which he was particularly engaged) Justice Souter."

How about what can she do on SCOTUS ?

ok...................what can she do?  Is she the best out there?

What is wrong with having the court resemble the rest of the country?  Because the rest of the country is @#$%^&*!@*%$ up

BTW, I'm just asking, I personally don't care. Politics is politics and they all have strange bedfellows. so let's try to keep bush jr out of this ok? Whatever damage you THINK bush did or did not do is, at this point in time, a moot point, and one persone is not going to change a whole heck of a lot.

Virgil, if you didn't sign each and every blog I wouldn't remember YOUR name! Hell half the time I can't remember the name of someone I've met 2-3 times!!

Because the rest of the country is @#$%^&*!@*%$ up

We know.  That's what we're trying to fix.

 Graduating at the top of the class at Princeton is a signal accomplishment.

Many who graduate at the "top" of the class are idiots, so that, in and of itself is not confirmation, to me, that someone is "intelligent".

No you aren't RF................YOU just stir the doo doo pot then sling it around.

Spoon, meet KitchenAid.

Stirring the pot is the first step in pumping out the septic tank, WP.  And there's a *LOT* of septage Shrub put into government.  At least we know the Republicans won't filibuster her, since they're morally opposed to filibustering on judge nominations.

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Many who graduate at the "top" of the class are idiots,

What would that make a "C" student like Shrub, then?

Many who graduate at the "top" of the class are idiots

Maybe at the community college you graduated from, not so much from Princeton.

"Objectively, her qualifications are overwhelming from the perspective of ordinary Americans.  She has been a prosecutor, private litigator, trial judge, and appellate judge.  No one currently on the Court has that complete package of experience. "

Sounds pretty good to me~ you might want to clean up that post wittters~ the use of expletives,even in that form,is getting folks into trouble lately. :-)

AD:  thank you

RF:.............................................. .

SAGE: don't care any more - might be the best thing that happens to moi'  this isn't fun any more and it is making me a very "not nice person" that I don't particularily want to be.

outta here

i find it funny that i have been SCOURING the internet since yesterday attempting to find some good things she did while she was a Judge, in private practice....as an asst DA

lets just say im still looking

"I don't believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance. It says what it says. We should do honor to it."

if she believed what she said, the rizzi case wouldnt be in front of the supreme court this summer.

looks like Ruth Bader Ginsberg might have some competition with regards to being the most left on the SC

picked because of sex and because of race...yeah, the leftists are attempting to wrong the rights, errrrrrr  right the wrongs :)

Try yahoo news.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/...

Your more than welcome.

google does get what yahoo gets...i see the princeton thing...yeah thats good, but not a reason in my book for the highest judicial post in the land....most of her rulings as a judge have been status quo...the bvaseball one is more of a joke to me to use as a reference....and her other major decision is mired in controversey (ricci)

Sage, it's not worth bothering with facts and figures. She was picked by Obama. That's enough for some people here to put on the very rose colored glasses when it comes to looking at the facts and figures.

She was picked by Obama

She was originally picked for the federal bench by Bush Sr.

The rightwingers are ignoring that fact as well.

Let's hope they don't wise up before it's too late.

Thanks to whoever cleaned up my post.  My post was my opinion of the nominee and it doesn't surprise me for the reasons I gave.  Her decision against the white Firefighters in Cincinnati was in my opinion enough to make her a poor choice.  Add some of her other comments concerning white males and making laws from the bench [ can't find the quote ] and she can't be the best of the legal litter.   I mention race only as it applies to her using it to get where she is today and that is not baseless.  Talk is cheap.  Her quote about not bending the Constitution under any circumstance is what she did in the Cincinnati case.  Tried to make equal results guaranteed rather than equal opportunity.

anglo1, I don't think anyone can clean up your ealier post, so here I've cleaned up your 8.30 am  post for you (just had to move some words around, and toss in a few of my own):

My only concern is that the racist, sexist minority in the Senate, which has used Affirmative Action and government to set aside  everything, and while making decisions based on politics against minorities rather than based on the rule of law will recognize the lack of an upside to protesting this excellent nomination.

Name one montfred.  If you don't want opposing views on your court just post such at the beginning.  Most of us would be happy to leave you and yours to your private little circle jerk of giggles and high fives. 

Anglo 1.

I named one racist (R) senator already in the headline of this post

...well technically he had to quit the senate.  But I doubt I could prove my point to you anymore then you can convince me that

"...it was an easy choice for BO.  She is so like his wife, a racist, sexist minority that has used Affirmative Action and government set asides  to get everything she has all the while making decisions based on politics against white males rather than based on the rule of law.  The story line of being the all American success story is baloney."

And, I don't care one way or the other if you or others write opposing views "on my court".