Sotomayor Unqualified

We already know she is a racist. And in the struggle to try to prove she is not, her handlers also showed that she subscribes to the Postmodern Belief that there is no correct or incorrect solution, it is all about empathy and experience, and other squishy stuff.

To quote the Real Clear Politics article linked to above:

The clever people in the media and elsewhere are saying that "inevitably" one's background influences how one feels about issues. Even if that were true, judges are not supposed to decide cases based on their personal feelings.

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said that he "loathed" many of the people in whose favor he voted on the Supreme Court. Obviously, he had feelings. But he also had the good sense and integrity to rule on the basis of the law, not his feelings.

Laws are made for the benefit of the citizens, not for the self-indulgences of judges. Making excuses for such self-indulgences and calling them "inevitable" is part of the cleverness that has eroded the rule of law and undermined respect for the law.

We also know now, that she is contemptuous of the Constitution. Of course, All the leftists rush to say she is being taken out of context, cause the right wingers leave out the second sentence. But THEY leave out the third sentence.

Here is the whole context:

In a forum at the Duke University School of Law in 2005, Sonia Sotomayor said, "Court of appeals is where policy is made. And I know – and I know this is on tape and I should never say that because we don't make law, I know. OK, I know. I'm not promoting it, and I'm not advocating it, I'm – you know. OK. Having said that, the court of appeals is where, before the Supreme Court makes the final decision, the law is percolating – its interpretation, its application."

As you can see from the last sentence, even though she is trying hard to massage her words, she really believes she can legislate from the Bench.

And now that the first day of confirmation hearings are concluded, we know she is a Professional Liar. She completely reversed what she said in her interview at Duke University about judges making policy. I won't say pathological liar, as that would indicate that she doesn't know when she is lying. She KNOWS. And she is unrepentant.

What really scares me is what will her handlers make her say or write while she is on the Supreme Court. The thing I don't understand is, why are there confirmation hearings to decide whether or not to seat her on the Supreme Court, when there should be impeachment hearings to remove her from the bench after the gross misconduct she demonstrated on the firefighters' case.