Right From Captain Ras

The pick for the newest Supreme Court Justice is in, and guess what, she’s an ultra liberal judicial activist.  That came out of left field, didn’t it?  Judge Sonia Sotomayor has the kind of background that is inspiring and is the ultimate American Dream.  Raised in a single parent home, through hard work, study, and dedication, she went to and excelled in some of the Country’s finest institutions.  She went to work.  She developed an excellent resume’ of appropriate work for a talented attorney.  She was nominated to the bench by 41, then moved to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals by Clinton. 

Sounds like the ideal candidate, right?  Then something went wrong.  For some reason, the path she took to success is not the one that she believes everyone should, or is even capable of accomplishing.  That American dream is realized through hard work and discipline.  It would seem to me that someone with her background would encourage people to work hard for success, not have some judge dictate that they should be successful to the detriment of others.

Unfortunately, Judge Sotomayor has shown she is a judicial activist.  She practices “Restorative Justice”.  This is a belief that the person needs to be restored to some level that the judge feels is appropriate.  (Thanks to Bobby F. for the academic lesson on judicial activism.)  If you want to be an advocate, don’t be a judge.  There are thousands of people that need the assistance of good lawyers to plead their cases.  Many are truly wronged, and our system of laws was created to provide due process.  Judges interpret the law, not produce it.

As I stated in my previous post, the socialist President would not make a mistake on his nominee.  He gave us the most liberal of the short list of candidates we were privy to.  I hope that this is a ploy to make us revolt against this candidate and then he will nominate a more moderate Judge.  Like the Bork nomination.  Put forth the most objectionable candidate first, then when that doesn’t work, make the next one tougher for the Senate to reject, since they already rejected one.

The Republicans should  filibuster this candidate.  Anyone who believes her gender or ethnic heritage will be useful in deciding cases does not understand that judges interpret the law.  Here is a quote from Judge Sotomayor:     ”I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.”  What!?!?  Is she serious?  Shouldn’t we have judges that actually make decisions based on the law?

I also found another stat very interesting.  Judge Sotomayor has had 6 cases she has ruled on go to the Supreme Court.  In five of the cases her position was overturned, and in the 6th, the court came to the same conclusion as her but stated her reasoning for making the decision was wrong.  SHE IS 0-6!   I have the same number of wins in the Supreme Court as she does!

America does not need this radical in the highest court in the land.  This is just another example of the horrible decision the citizens made by electing our socialist President.