Sotomayor rates an "F"

What worries me is that he is thinking. 0bama could be thinking along these lines. "What can I do that would hurt America the most, while not letting on my true intentions in that my actions look like mere stupidity instead of treason?"

"What can I do that would hurt American the most, while not letting on my true intntions in that my actions look like mere stupidity instead of treason?" I couldn't have said it better myself. I am shocked that people are still standing behind Obama. My boyfriend said that we will all regret nominating him as our president and I have felt that way since day one as well...well I guess we will all have to wait and see what else he will pull on the American people.

Wow, you think he took a job to destroy America, with the whole world watching? Do you really think Americans will allow it? And if we will, do we even deserve anything but?

I get depressed thinking about how little the younger generation is taught about how the constitution works. I still remember explaining to a nephew that unconstitional does not mean something is wrong or illegal but that it means not supported or allowed by the rules of the constitution. He did not know the difference. Yes, he voted for 0bama.

Lawyers I have known, and one judge I talked to once about this, considered judges with high reversal rates to be less than a good judge. It is like car accidents. They are not always your fault, but if you have a lot of them, you are a bad driver.

What you were told and what I said are not in conflict. You have to understand how lawyers speak and think. They are experts at saying things that can be interpreted in more than one way. I'll use this as an example. If a judge writing an opinion is in fear of being overturned, then he is unsure of his own competance and knowledge of the law. Hence, judges who worry about being overturned when writing their opinions have a lot of self doubt, usually for good reason. On the other hand, a judge who knows for sure what he is doing does not let fear of being overturned enter his head. Lawyers often become politicians as they are skilled at saying things people can understand in the way they want whether the lawyer believes that particular meaning or not. This leaves the lawyer/politician/judge free to say, "That's not what I meant", "You took me out of context" or whatever.

Really? Because most I've talked to say that a judge who makes decisions in fear of being overturned isn't up to the job in the first place.

You have heard similar comments to, "Judge Sotomayor has a 60% reversal rate for her written majority opinions."? Let me be perfectly clear. This quote, "Judge Sotomayor has a 60% reversal rate for her written majority opinions.", is not mere slander, sour grapes, or the made up drivel of some racist bigot. That, "Judge Sotomayor has a 60% reversal rate for her written majority opinions.", is an objective irrefutable condemnation of her abilities as a Judge. That, "Judge Sotomayor has a 60% reversal rate for her written majority opinions.", is an indication she possibly decides cases wrong 60% of the time! That, "Judge Sotomayor has a 60% reversal rate for her written majority opinions.", is all anyone needs to know that she should not be on the Supreme Court where no one can reverse her errors.

Clearly Alito shouldn't be either then. Annie

RedYellowBlackDog, From what I have heard, the big thing about her is that folks are against is the fact that she legislates which I feel is the cause of her 60% rating. I am still doing more research on this to be informed.

It is amazing that today's voters do not understand that judges need to be impartial, analytical, objective, and ignore their own "feelings" and especially "feelings of empathy" as they see to it the letter of the law is enforced in their court rooms. Only a few today understand the difference between the rule of law and the rule of man. 0bama is shoving rule of man upon us. That leads to tryanny.

I won't be able to rest or feel safe until he's out of office and this country is back in the hands of We The People like it's supposed to be.

After reading AUDACITY OF HOPE, where 0bama pretty much says the same about Supreme Court Judges as his nominee, I'd say you must be right.

Yeah and some say Obama is a "Constitutional scholar". How can someone be a Constitutional scholar and know nothing about the Constitution?

Crap. I do generally enjoy being proven o be right, but about all this I sure wish I was wrong!

Here's the main 3 reaons why I'm not for this judge. 1) She has openly stated in the past that she views the court as a place policy should be made. (NO, this is supposed to be done in the legislature). She is an activist judge. Judge Sotomayor does not want to be limited to merely interpreting the law. 2) Judge Sotomayor made a speech where she stated a Latina with the richness of her experience could make BETTER decisions than a white male. (Can you say RACIAL SUPREMIST?) 3) The things one finds concerning the judge's viewpoints when researching further her controversial reversal rate.

The worst of it is that she is just like 0bama when it comes to opinions as to what is an ideal judge. I warned people after reading AUDACITY OF HOPE that 0bama's concept of the Supreme Court is completely in error. Yep, it is true. In AUDACITY of HOPE 0bama tells the complete truth as to his mistaken beliefs concerning the function of the Supreme Court. It is amazing to me that Civics teachers, Political Science professors, Government Secondary School teachers and others did not point out that 0bama would receive a failing grade on a paper about the proper function of the Supreme Court if he answered as he explained in AUDACITY OF HOPE.

Actually I saw her make a statement about policy and then just as quickly correct herself for saying it. Unfortunately the coverage of news like this is not that prominent in Egypt, but this is one of the stories I DID see.

There are bad conservative judges just like there are bad liberal judges. A high reversal rate indicates a very bad judge, no matter what his idealogical leanings. With judges, an objective measure is incredibly important. All of civilization, a high standard of living, peace, and everything else that makes a place worth living is dependent on there being fair impartial competant judges. If this reversal rate of Alito's had been brought up, I'd have opposed him, too.

Touche Anniepa! touche! any takers?

The fact is neither of them had bad reversal rates. I'm not sure of the total number of rulings Alito made but there were only TWO which were actually heard by the Supreme Court and both of them were reversed but what about all of the others that stood? This is a very misleading statistic to begin with. Annie

Many past Presidents would have been embarrassed to appoint someone so willing to make policy from the bench.