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ABA Gives Sotomayor its Highest Rating

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Anonymous

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Also today- Sotomayor received endorsements from the National Sheriffs Association, Fraternal Order of Police, the National Chiefs of Police Association, the National Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, and a number of additional law enforcement organizations...

American Bar Association gives Sonia Sotomayor its highest rating
Sotomayor, whose Supreme Court confirmation hearing begins next week, is called 'well qualified' to serve as justice.
By James Oliphant and David G. Savage
1:47 PM PDT, July 7, 2009
Reporting from Washington -- Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has received the stamp of approval from the American Bar Assn. less than a week before her confirmation hearing begins on Capitol Hill.

Sotomayor, a sitting federal appeals judge in New York, was deemed "well qualified" to serve as an associate justice on the high court by an ABA panel -- the highest rating the national attorney organization bestows.


The White House was notified by a letter today to counsel Gregory Craig. Sotomayor, 55, has been a federal judge since 1992 and has held a seat on the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals for the last 11 years. The panel's decision was unanimous.
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Leahy's office today released a study conducted by the Democratic staff on the committee that suggests Sotomayor will be a centrist on crime issues. The survey looked at Sotomayor's criminal decisions on the 2nd Circuit, cases involving violent crime, illegal firearms, drugs, immigration crime and economic crime. The study concluded that Sotomayor affirmed convictions 92% of the time and reversed convictions 2% of the time. (The remaining cases were sent back to the trial court for further proceedings.)

And in the more than 400 criminal cases in which Sotomayor sat on panels with Republican-appointed judges, she agreed with all the Republican-appointed judges on the panel in 97% of the cases, the study said.

"Judge Sotomayor's criminal justice record proves that she is a moderate judge, whose decisions in criminal cases rarely differ from those of her colleagues on the federal bench," Leahy said at a news conference today attended by representatives of major law enforcement organizations that support Sotomayor, including the Fraternal Order of Police and the National Sheriffs Assn.
 

Sandhusker

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And this changes the fact that she's a racist activist who was appointed strictly because of her race/sex and has a dismal failure rate of being overturned how?
 

don

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that's probably why they endorsed her. those groups are notorious for wanting racist, feminist activists on the bench.
 

Sandhusker

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don said:
that's probably why they endorsed her. those groups are notorious for wanting racist, feminist activists on the bench.

It appears that they are in this case, unless you care to argue that she isn't a racial activist or wasn't appointed because of her race/sex or doesn't have a dismal record agaisnt SCOTUS. What say you, little d?
 

leanin' H

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Whew! That is totally unbelievable! A group of people who specialize in chasing ambulances and lean so far left they can't stand straight like the nomination! :shock: What's next? The Micheal Moore Foundation gives it's approval! :shock: Howard Dean spouts off about her wisdom! :shock: Thank you for the OBVIOUS! :wink: :roll:
 

don

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i say you've about reached the edge and your hysteria is showing. a little stressed these days?
 

leanin' H

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The NRA — influential with Republicans and some conservative Democrats — said senators should question Sotomayor on her views on the Second Amendment and curbs on the right to bear arms, and threatened to oppose her if her answers were "hostile or evasive." In a letter to senators, Chris W. Cox, the group's executive director, said Sotomayor had been "dismissive" of the Second Amendment, particularly in an appeals court ruling that held it only limits the federal government — not states.

I found this on msn.
 

don

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no i just don't waste my time arguing with idiots. your an ideologue who will never be convinced of anything so get on with your propagandizing.
 
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Sandhusker said:
don said:
that's probably why they endorsed her. those groups are notorious for wanting racist, feminist activists on the bench.

It appears that they are in this case, unless you care to argue that she isn't a racial activist or wasn't appointed because of her race/sex or doesn't have a dismal record agaisnt SCOTUS. What say you, little d?

Yep- a truly dismal record :roll: Agreed with the Repub-appointed judges 97% of the time on criminal cases.. :wink:

I can remember back when the Repub party was the law and order party- before they thought being bedroom police, give every kid a machingun, and being racial divisionists were more important as their base platform- many of these associations were very strong Republican backers.....

But it is refreshing to me to see that these justice and law enforcement groups can still look past race and gender in trying to get a Justice that is pro law and order.....

The survey looked at Sotomayor's criminal decisions on the 2nd Circuit, cases involving violent crime, illegal firearms, drugs, immigration crime and economic crime. The study concluded that Sotomayor affirmed convictions 92% of the time and reversed convictions 2% of the time. (The remaining cases were sent back to the trial court for further proceedings.)

And in the more than 400 criminal cases in which Sotomayor sat on panels with Republican-appointed judges, she agreed with all the Republican-appointed judges on the panel in 97% of the cases, the study said.
 

Sandhusker

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You're the master of the diversion and strawman, OT. You want to explain all those "latina perspective" comments? How do you think those would be perceived in the cotton candy world if a nominee had made similar comments about the wisdom of the white male?
 
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Sandhusker said:
You're the master of the diversion and strawman, OT. You want to explain all those "latina perspective" comments? How do you think those would be perceived in the cotton candy world if a nominee had made similar comments about the wisdom of the white male?


The survey looked at Sotomayor's criminal decisions on the 2nd Circuit, cases involving violent crime, illegal firearms, drugs, immigration crime and economic crime. The study concluded that Sotomayor affirmed convictions 92% of the time and reversed convictions 2% of the time. (The remaining cases were sent back to the trial court for further proceedings.)

And in the more than 400 criminal cases in which Sotomayor sat on panels with Republican-appointed judges, she agreed with all the Republican-appointed judges on the panel in 97% of the cases, the study said.

The people that have worked with her for years- and have seen her record and abilities as a Prosecuter, Judge, Appellate Justice- and actually "know" how judicial rulings are rendered, don't seem to be worried about her comments- or the fact she is a woman or latina...

Just a few rightwingernut fearmonger/hatemongers- many of which like NRA- are filling their bank accounts out of the fearmongering...
 

Sandhusker

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I've seen her abilities, too; Working for ACORN, getting her butt handed to her by SCOTUS, making racist comments that get overlooked by hypocritical liberals... truly impressive.

But hey, OT, it's great that her co-workers think she's swell. Here's a part of the comments from one of her many reversals by SCOTUS, “an evident denial of the most elementary forms of procedural due process.” Wow, doesn't that look great on her resume? What a vote of confidence there, eh?
 
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Sandhusker said:
I've seen her abilities, too; Working for ACORN, getting her butt handed to her by SCOTUS, making racist comments that get overlooked by hypocritical liberals... truly impressive.

So George HW Bush who initially appointed her to the bench, and the Republican majority Senate that confirmed her as an appellate judge weren't doing their job -eh :???:

You don't think they did their appointments because of her ability and qualifications?
 

Sandhusker

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Oldtimer said:
Sandhusker said:
I've seen her abilities, too; Working for ACORN, getting her butt handed to her by SCOTUS, making racist comments that get overlooked by hypocritical liberals... truly impressive.

So George HW Bush who initially appointed her to the bench, and the Republican majority Senate that confirmed her as an appellate judge weren't doing their job -eh :???:

You don't think they did their appointments because of her ability and qualifications?

Do your homework, she was nominated as a package deal. Bush had to "give" with her so he could "take" with a good judge. You know how you libs are....

"an evident denial of the most elementary forms of procedural due process.” Does that sound like SCOTUS material to you?
 
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Sandhusker said:
Oldtimer said:
Sandhusker said:
I've seen her abilities, too; Working for ACORN, getting her butt handed to her by SCOTUS, making racist comments that get overlooked by hypocritical liberals... truly impressive.

So George HW Bush who initially appointed her to the bench, and the Republican majority Senate that confirmed her as an appellate judge weren't doing their job -eh :???:

You don't think they did their appointments because of her ability and qualifications?

Do your homework, she was nominated as a package deal. Bush had to "give" with her so he could "take" with a good judge. You know how you libs are....

"an evident denial of the most elementary forms of procedural due process.” Does that sound like SCOTUS material to you?

What was the case- and was she the only judge/justice issuing the opinion...Is that the opposing opinion of the SCOTUS or one Justice...
Attorneys/Judges have differing opinions every day- on all forms of things including what constitutes due process....
 

Sandhusker

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If the Pope says the local priest doesn't know the first thing about Christianity, does it matter what the sermon was?

Why not admit the obvious, OT, you're going to blindly follow Maobama and support him no matter what he does. He could nominate William Ayers or J. Wright and you would find some way to argue for them.

".....the most elementary ..."
 

hypocritexposer

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In the Berkeley speech, a 2003 speech at Seton Hall University and a 2002 address at Princeton University, Judge Sotomayor said this: "Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences, a possibility I abhor less or discount less than my colleague [federal district] Judge [Miriam] Cedarbaum, our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging."

In both the Princeton speech and the Seton Hall speech, she repeated another line, nearly verbatim, from the Berkeley address: "My experiences will affect the facts that I choose to see as a judge."
 
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