[Vision2020] Obama to Name Sotomayor as Supreme Court Pick
bear at moscow.com
bear at moscow.com
Wed May 27 17:20:41 PDT 2009
Carl,
Nicely said. She will still only be one out of nine votes.
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> Roger doesn't approve of President Obama's pick for the Supreme Court?
> Wow, sure didn't see that one coming. I think there's much ado about
> nothing here. At the end of the day, after she is confirmed (and she will
> be), the makeup of the Supreme Court will really be rather unchanged from
> what it is now. Carl Westberg Jr.
>
>> From: london at moscow.com
>> To: lfalen at turbonet.com; vision2020 at mail-gw.fsr.net
>> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 15:53:04 -0700
>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Obama to Name Sotomayor as Supreme Court Pick
>>
>> Roger--
>> Your summary in the post below ("Five out of nine judges could then say
>> elections are suspended and who they designate can rule.") is very
>> perceptive. After all, that is exactly what happened in the
>> Presidential
>> election in 2000, when the Supreme Court declared Bush the President.
>> BL
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "lfalen" <lfalen at turbonet.com>
>> To: "keely emerinemix" <kjajmix1 at msn.com>; "Tom Hansen"
>> <thansen at moscow.com>; <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 3:43 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Obama to Name Sotomayor as Supreme Court Pick
>>
>>
>> > This is a very bad pick. Any nominee should strictly follow the
>> > constitution. She has said that the Appellate Court ilis where policy
>> is
>> > made. I know I am not supposed to say that, we are not supposed to
>> make
>> > laws. She has also said that a wise latino woman would normally make a
>> > better decision than a white male. If this is not racist it is close
>> to
>> > it. One would never hear the end of it if a white male had said the
>> > reverse.The constitution should only be applied strictly. There is
>> > supposed to be a balance of the three branches of government. It the
>> court
>> > makes laws the balance is out of whack. There is a proscribed way to
>> amend
>> > the Constitution. It has been done twenty seven times. It is
>> deliberately
>> > hard to do so. That is why we have had a stable prosperous republic
>> since
>> > 1789. If 5 out of 9 justices can say the law is what ever they say it
>> is
>> > then the constitution becomes a fragile meaningless document and our
>> > republic is in danger. Five out of nine judges could then say !
>> > elections
>> > are suspended and who they designate can rule. It would be equally as
>> bad
>> > if a conservatives put their own spin on it. For example if they
>> wanted to
>> > have a state proscribed prayer mandated that would also violate the
>> > constitution. The justices take an outh to uphold the constitution. If
>> > they site any other authority it is grounds for impeachment.The
>> democrats
>> > fiibustered to stop the nomination of Miguel Estrada a strict
>> > constructionist hispanic. The republicans should return the favor.
>> > Roger
>> > -----Original message-----
>> > From: keely emerinemix kjajmix1 at msn.com
>> > Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 09:41:38 -0700
>> > To: Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com, vision2020 at moscow.com
>> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Obama to Name Sotomayor as Supreme Court
>> Pick
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Sounds like a good pick. I just hope people pronounce her name
>> >> correctly -- it's "So-to-
>> >> my-YOR," not "SoTOmador," as I've already heard.
>> >>
>> >> Perhaps the Right will amend it to "SaDAMador," or will they go
>> straight
>> >> to "Baby Killer"? And I imagine there will be enormous outcry that
>> she's
>> >> a Latina; after all, there have been so few Anglo men on the court
>> >> throughout history . . .
>> >>
>> >> Keely
>> >> http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 05:54:23 -0700
>> >> > From: thansen at moscow.com
>> >> > To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>> >> > Subject: [Vision2020] Obama to Name Sotomayor as Supreme Court Pick
>> >> >
>> >> > Courtesy of CNN at:
>> >> >
>> >> > http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/26/supreme.court/index.html
>> >> >
>> >> > --------------------------------------------
>> >> >
>> >> > Obama to name Sotomayor as Supreme Court pick
>> >> >
>> >> > WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama has chosen federal Judge Sonia
>> >> > Sotomayor as his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, two sources
>> told
>> >> > CNN
>> >> > on Tuesday.
>> >> >
>> >> > Obama plans to announce his nominee at 10:15 a.m. ET Tuesday,
>> sources
>> >> > told
>> >> > CNN.
>> >> >
>> >> > Obama said Saturday he wants intellectual firepower and a common
>> touch
>> >> > in
>> >> > the next Supreme Court justice and said he doesn't "feel weighed
>> down
>> >> > by
>> >> > having to choose ... based on demographics."
>> >> >
>> >> > Obama's nominee will replace retiring Justice David Souter, who
>> >> > announced
>> >> > this month he would step down when the court's current session ends
>> >> > this
>> >> > summer.
>> >> >
>> >> > There had been wide speculation that Obama would name a woman to
>> the
>> >> > court, which has one female justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
>> >> >
>> >> > Obama also had been under pressure to nominate a Hispanic justice
>> to
>> >> > the
>> >> > court, which has never had one.
>> >> >
>> >> > Obama's nomination will have to be confirmed by the Senate
>> Judiciary
>> >> > Committee and the full Senate.
>> >> >
>> >> > The nominee is not expected to have difficulty being confirmed in
>> the
>> >> > Democratic-controlled Senate in time for the new court session in
>> >> > October.
>> >> >
>> >> > The president has said he hopes to have hearings in July, with the
>> >> > confirmation completed before Congress leaves for the summer.
>> >> >
>> >> > ---------
>> >> >
>> >> > Sonia Sotomayer
>> >> >
>> >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor
>> >> >
>> >> > --------------------------------------------
>> >> >
>> >> > Sonia Sotomayer is an independent, liberal woman; kinda like a
>> textbook
>> >> > violation of the right-wing three-strike policy.
>> >> >
>> >> > And she is only 55 years of age.
>> >> >
>> >> > Seeya round town, Moscow.
>> >> >
>> >> > Tom Hansen
>> >> > Moscow, Idaho
>> >> >
>> >> > "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to
>> >> > change
>> >> > and the Realist adjusts his sails."
>> >> >
>> >> > - Unknown
>> >> >
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