Obama to Nominate Sotomayor to Supreme Court

Sonia Sotomayor is Obama's pick to join the Supreme Court. It comes as no surprise that his pick is socio-political, rather than one based on even-handed legal thinking. For example, I would think this ruling would disqualify her:

"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."

It should disqualify her because it is legislation from the courts; only the legislature, through lawmaking, should make these decisions. Power should remain with the people, not an untouchable few, such as the Supreme Court.

In 1996, Antonin Scalia said this about the matter:

"The whole purpose of the Constitution is to prevent a future society from doing what it wants to do," he said. "To change, to evolve, you don't need a constitution, all you need is a legislature and a ballot box."

Sotomayor takes affirmative action to a new level. According to her ruling, what you were born supersedes any individual performance - or the rights of your fellow citizen. If you find yourself born into a political majority, through no fault of your own, you can never do better based on your personal effort if it does not fit with what the small judiciary believes is "best" for society. You may be discriminated against, legally, by Sotomayor's ilk.

If you are Hispanic and laud this ruling, note that this is a slippery slope; Hispanics already outnumber blacks, and therefore you can expect to be discriminated against yourselves, in favor of blacks, if this legal mentality takes hold.

Ironically, she is something of a self-made woman; her parents were Puerto Rican immigrants, her father died while she was young, and she did not grow up in wealth. One would think that given her personal efforts, she would support an even-handed policy guaranteeing that every individual can prosper from their own efforts, rather than prosper from their skin color.

Nice choice for the US's highest court.

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