[Vision2020] Obama to Name Sotomayor as Supreme Court Pick

[lfalen]

Tom
There is nothing wrong with having empathy. I would hope that they all have it. But that is not the bases they should make court rulings on. They should strictly apply the constitution. The legislature and the executive branch are the proper places to apply empathy as law or policy.
Roger
-----Original message-----
From: "Tom Hansen" thansen at moscow.com
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 05:36:44 -0700
To: "g. crabtree" jampot at roadrunner.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Obama to Name Sotomayor as Supreme Court Pick

> g's quote:
> 
> "I would hope that a wise white man with the richness of his experiences,
> would more often then not reach a better conclusion than a latina woman
> who hasn't lived that life."
> 
> Please, g, explain to us the "richness of his experiences" normally
> associated with white males growing up in the USA analogous to the
> experiences normally associated with a latina woman growing up in the USA.
> 
> If you are suggesting that a latina woman, lacking life's experiences
> common to white males of privilege, would not continue to apply the
> prejudicial concepts of many of her white male predecessors/counterparts,
> we can all hopefully agree with you.
> 
> Perhaps, then, we can look beyond a litigant's/defendant's race and/or
> gender and reestablish the groundwork our forefathers so richly imagined.
> 
> But, please, don't let empathy disrupt your ranting.
> 
> 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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