[Vision2020] Obama to Name Sotomayor as Supreme Court Pick

Wed May 27 15:53:04 PDT 2009

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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