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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (66054)	5/30/2009 12:49:52 PM
From: lorne	4 Recommendations Respond to of 224647

ken...."Would Sotomayor be better positioned than a while male judge in hearing cases of sex and racial discrimination? Yes, she would and for that reason, she said absolutely nothing wrong. They have never been a 13 year old latino girl. They can't relate to that experience.".... Are you suggesting that Sotomayor was sexually abused as a 13 year old latino girl? If so was she abused by white male or fellow latino males? So would she she render an unfair judgement against whichever type of male abused her? Are you suggesting that white male judges are not capable of rendering a fair judgement in sexual or racial discrimination cases? How about Clarence Thomas..would he be fair?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (66054)	5/30/2009 1:06:24 PM
From: TideGlider	4 Recommendations Respond to of 224647

How profoundly stupid!

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (66054)	5/30/2009 1:44:29 PM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224647

More troll droppings from you.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (66054)	5/30/2009 2:29:20 PM
From: mph	7 Recommendations Respond to of 224647

You don't need to be able to relate to a situation from personal experience in order to be a good judge. In fact, such emotional overlay can detract from a judge's ability to be impartial. Impartiality and fairness are the hallmarks of appropriate judicial temperament in my book. In fact, what Obama and Sotomayer advocate is the judicial equivalent of jury nullification because it is a rejection of the rule of law in favor of emphathy.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (66054)	5/30/2009 5:01:12 PM
From: Sedohr Nod	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224647

From personal experience, I can't relate to sitting in an igloo and chewing blubber, but it's understandable to even my limited grasp.....you are full of it, Ken.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (66054)	5/31/2009 12:24:19 AM
From: MJ	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224647

No. Would she be better than a white woman in hearing a case of race and sexual abuse. Why is Obama not looking to a white woman judge being named to the Supreme Court-----why is he inserting National background into the nomination? Seems to me that Obama is inserting race into this naming---shame on Obama.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (66054)	6/1/2009 3:24:10 PM
From: Bald Eagle	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224647

And a Latino woman can relate to being a 18 year old white male who can't get into college because of affirmative action? You are an idiot! LOL

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (66054)	6/1/2009 3:38:27 PM
From: jlallen	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224647

lol You are a joke.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (66054)	6/1/2009 4:10:50 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224647

They have never been a 13 year old latino girl. They can't relate to that experience. Maybe the Court needs to be reconfigured and the way it decides cases changed. We could have, for example, a hispanic woman to decide issues pertaining to latino girls, an hispanic male to decide issues pertaining to latino boys, same for blacks, a GLBT justice to decide gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender issues, etc. Would that accommodate your concerns that a bunch of old white guys can't relate to the experience of minorities?