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Originally Posted by MysticCat
I think KSigRC and KSigkid have done a good job of showing that it can.
Context matters yet again. One has to bear in mind that she was talking primarily about cases involving discrimination. Like I've said before, in that context, the corollary is: I would hope that someone who has experienced discrimination would make a better decision in a case involving discrimination than someone who has not experienced discrimination.
And note how the "I would hope" (with the implied "but it might not") takes care of your Clarence Thomas example, while she specifically refers to cases like Brown to show that she does not view personal experience of being discriminated against as necessary to making the better decision.
Note that the "definition" of "better" comes from a White House aide, not from J. Sotomayor.
WE AGREE! I really don't understand why some among the GOP are trying to stall this, because I agree -- it could have been much worse from their perspective.
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In the 1994 speech she defines better herself.
ETA: Slate hyperlinks the paragraphs from both speeches.
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