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Been Watching the Sotomayor Hearings

Tex

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I have been watching the Sotomayor hearings. I think my biggest concerns come from a private property case where a developer and a "village" condemned a piece of property in a blight zone and one land owner protested. The land owner brought a federal action against the develeoper when the developer told him he must pay the developer $800,000 for the lost rent the developer would get from the property if it was developed into a pharmacy.

Senator Chuck Grassley brought up this case and I think it was the probably the most damaging to Sotomayor and the court system as a whole in its role in interpreting the Constitution and property rights.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VVww5R7cpo

The real questions are at about minute 10 but the whole video is worthwhile. There was another off topic disruption at about minute 11 that was interesting.

The case hinged on the statute of limitations and property rights of takings.

There has been a lot of just garbage by people like Senator Sessions which has had nothing to do with the law or the records of the judgments by Sotomayor. He has done a disservice, in my opinion, to the credibility of the judiciary committee being able to make good decisions on judges.

Tex
 

backhoeboogie

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It would be nice to know what good she has done. Looking for the positive things from her that are of interest to me has not resulted in anything overwhelming.

She grew up in an anti-gun culture. That concerns me.
 

Mike

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One of the problems I see with her is that she is saying one thing in the past and saying another now.

Sessions has not been out of line to me at all if I look back on the appointee confirmation hearings of the past by Republican Presidents.

Bork and Thomas were tragedies in American history..........
 

TexasBred

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Mike said:
One of the problems I see with her is that she is saying one thing in the past and saying another now. Sessions has not been out of line to me at all if I look back on the appointee confirmation hearings of the past by Republican Presidents.

Bork and Thomas were tragedies in American history..........

The man that nominated her did the same....
 

Sandhusker

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TexasBred said:
Mike said:
One of the problems I see with her is that she is saying one thing in the past and saying another now. Sessions has not been out of line to me at all if I look back on the appointee confirmation hearings of the past by Republican Presidents.

Bork and Thomas were tragedies in American history..........

The man that nominated her did the same....

:lol: :lol: :lol: :clap: :clap: :clap:
 

kolanuraven

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reader (the Second) said:
There was an interesting article about Sessions and how he was blocked from a judicial appointment himself years ago for visible statements about the KKK.


Well...duh....looks where the boy's from...................ALABAMA!!!

'Nuff said!
 

Mike

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kolanuraven said:
reader (the Second) said:
There was an interesting article about Sessions and how he was blocked from a judicial appointment himself years ago for visible statements about the KKK.


Well...duh....looks where the boy's from...................ALABAMA!!!

'Nuff said!

Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III merely made a joke about not liking members of the KKK because they sometimes smoke marijuana. :roll:

On the other hand, you have an admitted Klan member in office as a U.S. Senator on the Democratic side.

See a little hypocrisy and self-flagellation here? :roll:
 
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