President Nominates Racially Biased Judge to Supreme Court

Read this excerpt written about a white male judge who has controversially been called a racist and see if you would agree:

He readily admits that he applies his feelings and personal politics when deciding cases. In a 2002 speech at Berkeley, he stated that he believes it is appropriate for a judge to consider their “experiences as men and Caucasian heritage,” which he believes should “affect our decisions.” He went on to say in that same speech “I would hope that a wise white male with the richness of his experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a Latina woman who hasn’t lived that life.” He reiterated his commitment to that lawless judicial philosophy at Duke Law School in 2005 when he stated that the “Court of Appeals is where policy is made.”

Wow! Why does this guy still have his job? What if I told you he was nominated by President Bush to the U.S. Supreme Court! Media outrage! Bush a racist, too! Impeach them both!

Well, it is a fact. However, this excerpt from The Judicial Confirmation Network was actually written about Sonia Sotomayor, who prides herself in being a “wise Latina woman,” who was nominated for the supreme court by President Obama. Here is the original excerpt before I flipped the language around to reveal the reverse racism that is accepted and promoted by our media and government:

Sotomayor readily admits that she applies her feelings and personal politics when deciding cases. In a 2002 speech at Berkeley, she stated that she believes it is appropriate for a judge to consider their “experiences as women and people of color,” which she believes should “affect our decisions.” She went on to say in that same speech “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.” She reiterated her commitment to that lawless judicial philosophy at Duke Law School in 2005 when she stated that the “Court of Appeals is where policy is made.”

Furthermore, the media is building the hype and praising Obama for nominating the first Hispanic as a Supreme Court Justice. This is a fallacy they will not be quick to correct until after she has been confirmed:

Whatever happens with the confirmation of President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, one thing is clear: she will not be the first hispanic or Latino to serve on the Supreme Court. This is a historical — and not a predictive – statement.

The reason Judge Sotomayor will not be the first hispanic on the Court is that the first justice of hispanic origin was already nominated — by a Republican President — and confirmed by the Senate to serve on the Supreme Court more than 70 years ago. This would be Justice Benjamin Nathan Cardozo, who also has the distinction of being the second Jewish justice on the Court. [Continue reading.]

More from FoxNews.com:

Sonia Sotomayor told the Senate on Thursday that the White House never questioned her about cases or issues she might have to decide as a Supreme Court justice, a disclosure gleaned from reams of documents that reveal she has spoken repeatedly about how her gender and Latina heritage affect her judging.

The federal appeals court judge divulged new details about her finances and provided three decades of writings, speeches and rulings that give both supporters and critics fresh fodder for the coming debate on her confirmation. They include more instances in which she said she hopes a “wise Latina” would reach a better decision than a man without that experience.

The comments in 2002 and 2003 echo a much-criticized remark she made in 2001 at the University of California-Berkeley law school that has prompted a furor among conservatives who say they suggest President Barack Obama’s first Supreme Court nominee brings a personal bias to her legal decisions.

Obama has said he is “sure she would have restated it.” In fact, she said it almost precisely the same way in speeches to the Princeton Club in 2002 and one at Seton Hall law school in 2003, according to copies she sent the Senate.

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Sotomayor has told senators in private meetings this week that while her background shapes who she is, she believes judges should follow the law above all.

The documents also reveal that the White House first contacted Sotomayor about the nomination four days before Justice David Souter announced he would retire.

Sotomayor first got a call from White House counsel Greg Craig on April 27, then had near-daily contact with his office after Souter’s announcement May 1. She spoke to about a dozen White House aides during the secretive selection process, leading to a face-to-face interview with Obama on May 21.

The president took the Memorial Day weekend to mull his selection, then announced it May 26. Sotomayor would be the first Hispanic and the third woman to serve on the court.

The documents provide a fuller portrait of Sotomayor, 54, who was reared in the Bronx and educated in the Ivy League. She likes dining on pig intestines and reading legal thrillers. She lists luxury brands Fendi, Ferrari and Bulgari as past clients — but also once recused herself from a case involving the discount retailer B.J.’s Wholesalers because she was a member.

The files were delivered in five cartons to Capitol Hill in response to a Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire. They arrived as Sotomayor wrapped up a series of one-on-one meetings with more than two dozen senators…

“This historically fast completion of the exhaustive questions is no small feat that will hopefully lead to her swift consideration by the Senate,” Craig blogged on the White House Web site.

Republicans are resisting Democrats’ calls for a speedy set of hearings and summertime vote. They say it will take until September to slog through Sotomayor’s nearly 17 years worth of rulings and to scrutinize her approach as a judge.

The financial documents paint a portrait of a New Yorker in an expensive neighborhood who has to watch her budget. She has $1.16 million in assets, but $418,350 in debts, including her mortgage, credit card bills and a big dental bill. She listed her bank balance as $31,985. Previous financial disclosure reports put her annual income at about $200,000…

Sotomayor listed 32 cases in which her decisions were either reversed or affirmed with “significant criticism.” In several of those cases, higher courts did not take issue with her reasoning but ordered reviews because of subsequent rulings in other cases.

The Supreme Court directly reversed five appellate rulings Sotomayor wrote or participated in as a judge on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. One was a case in which the high court said Sotomayor was wrong in concluding that the Clean Water Act doesn’t allow cost to be considered when deciding what technology would best minimize environmental impacts.

The documents provide an insight on how Sotomayor might approach deliberations on a nine-member Supreme Court that decides many cases by a 5-4 vote. In a 2000 speech, she talked about what it’s like to serve on a three-judge appellate court panel and fail to convince fellow judges of her views.

And to top it off, due to the touchy-feely politically-correct reverse-racism in our government today, the Weepublicans are stuck in a dilemma and do not even plan to try a filibuster to stop her appointment.

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