Having lived in south Florida since 1981 I had many years working with and living with a large Hispanic population. For the most part they came from Cuba to escape the horror of Castro. The fact is that most were very conservative, almost all voted for Ronald Reagan. The Hispanic people that I worked with became very good friends, I have been the their home and they have been to mine. I worked with them when they studying for their citizenship exams, I helped them with their efforts to learn English and they helped me with Spanish. Raphael, a very good friend of mine calls me Poppa, as his grandfather. The republican party has lost that voting block by English Only vote in Florida and the sometimes hateful redirect about illegal immigrants. That is unfortunate because especially with the Cuban immigrants are still very conservative but now vote for democrats.
So, how can we fight the lifetime appointment of a judge that is obviously a racist, we will be painted as a racist just for objecting to the Judge’s radical views. The appointment was deliberate by President Obama to secure the Hispanic vote for many years to come. He welcomes the fight over her confirmation and the leftist press is ready to jump on every complaint by the republican minority.
Miguel Estrada
But amidst the hoopla, now is a good time to remember another lawyer who, had he been held merely to the same standards of Sotomayor, may well have been the first Hispanic justice: Miguel Estrada. The self-proclaimed "Party of the people," has shown its true colors. for the Democrats, the nomination of Miguel Estrada proves that it's not enough to be a minority. It's not enough to overcome adversity and triumph through education and hard work. For the Democrats, you must be the "right kind" of minority to garner their support.
The left says she was appointed to the bench by George H.W. Bush which is correct but not because he wanted her as a judge. The fact is that President Bush was forced to appoint Sotomayor as the result of a back-room deal manipulated by NY Senator P. Moynihan. I think Bush has a much regret for appointing her as for his later appointment of Justice Souter, that did not work out to good for the republicans.
Can Judge Sotomayor be beaten without the Republicans looking like democrats did for almost every appointment since Judge Bork. The democrats openly say they are going to “Bork” a republican nominee. The democrats can do as they please an the press will report it as unfavorable to republicans. Justice Thomas is a perfect example to the bias of the press when the democrats are attempting a political lynching of a black man.
Judge Sotomayor has some questionable rulings and writings that must be explained.
In a 2005 panel discussion at Duke University, Sotomayor told students that the federal Court of Appeals is where "policy is made." She said the "Court of Appeals is where policy is made. The fact is making policy is not what a judge is supposed to do, her job is to follow the law as written, not rewrite it to fit her opinion.
Sotomayor told the Berkeley Law School: "Our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging . . .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." It is no surprise, therefore, she ruled against white Firefighters of New Haven, throwing out the results of a promotion exam because almost no minorities qualified.
Sotomayor has had 5 decisions reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court, 3 of which have been reversed. One of these was her aggressive pro-environmental anti-energy decision, another was her aggressive pro-litigation anti-business decision, which was overturned unanimously. The New Haven Firefighters is before the court at this time and is expected to be overturned.
She is a bully on the bench, her own former clerk, liberal Jeffrey Rosen, now legal affairs editor for The New Republic, said she has "has an inflated opinion of herself" and is "kind of a bully on the bench." Another clerk who worked on the 2nd Circuit said she's: "not that smart and kind of a bully on the bench . . .She has an inflated opinion of herself, and is domineering during oral arguments, but her questions aren't penetrating and don't get to the heart of the issue."
When ruling to end the 1995 baseball strike, she sided with the player's union against team owners (who sought parity among all teams with an talent-sharing salary cap). Instead Sotomayor created bias in favor of rich teams who can afford to buy up all the good free agents. I understand why Yankees fans might celebrate her promotion to the Supreme Court, but baseball fans from all other cities should complain loudly against her confirmation!
Opposing a U.S. Congressional bill that would forbid activist judges from citing international law (instead of applying American law) in their decisions, Sotomayor wrote the controversial introduction for The International Judge, a book that promotes, in her words, "developing an international rule of law and institution-building."
In her ruling to allow government to ban privately owned weapons belonging to New York citizens, Sonia Sotomayor wrote in Maloney v. Cuomo: "The Second Amendment applies only to limitations the federal government seeks to impose on this right . . . not upon that of the state." In other words any state government can confiscate your weapons.
She has a very, very strict view of church-state separation, and she was aggressive on this idea of a 'living constitution.'" Meanwhile she ruled one Muslim prisoner had a right to receive the Eid ul Fitr feast (a Muslim holiday meal) in his prison cell, and another Muslim prisoner had a right to access a Muslim chaplain, which is fine if she treats other faiths equally, I suspect she would not rule in favor of the ten commandments or nativity seine on the public square.
The democrats have the votes to confirm her and to also cut off debate and force a vote, at the end of the day she will be confirmed, the only thing we have going for us is a complete examination of her record. Remember "Bork" or "Borked" is a verb in the language of our democratic party, all you can do is fight the good fight.
Fox News Sunday did a feature on Marine Bugler Tom Day and his efforts to correct the lack of live buglers at military funerals.
