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Originally Posted by TexasWSP
"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,” said Judge Sotomayor"
switch some of those words around and people would go apeshit crazy.
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I completely forgot about that quote. It was in response to a question about how Justices O'Connor and Ginsburg have said that a wise old man and wise old woman should reach the same conclusions in deciding cases. There was also a statement at a panel discusision for soon-to-be judicial clerks where she talked about how it's the job of appeals judges to make policy. Both are situations where she should have chosen her words more carefully, but I'm not sure that either will make a difference in the confirmation process.
One thing that bugs me about this; I think President Obama is making things slightly harder for her in that he keeps harping on her background and upbringing. I know it makes for good press with the public, but he should just stick to the fact that she's very smart and thinks well on her feet, has an excellent academic background, and has been a successful federal district and appeals judge. At the end of the day, those are the things that will be most important when she sits on the SCOTUS bench, and he's just setting her up for a ton of questions from Republicans about whether she'll let her personal experiences outweigh her respect for the law.