I’m pouring over the news outlets this morning and the MSM here is teeming with news of the Obamanation’s supreme court choice today. Nearly every source is pointing out her ancillary credentials, those being that:
a). She is hispanic
b). She is a woman


To these two points a little later. From the AP this morning – “The White House announcement ceremony was a picture of diversity, the first black president, appointing the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, joined by the Vice President who is white.”

I’ll let that speak for itself.


On May 9 re: Justice Souter’s resignation on White House.gov here the Obamanation- “I will seek someone who understands that justice isn’t about some abstract legal theory or footnote in a case book. It is also about how our laws affect the daily realities of people’s lives — whether they can make a living and care for their families; whether they feel safe in their homes and welcome in their own nation.
I view that quality of empathy, of understanding and identifying with people’s hopes and struggles as an essential ingredient for arriving as just decisions and outcomes.” So clearly we see a theme here.


Today on the same site here, the Obamanation’s overriding credentials for a Supreme nominee – “These two qualities are essential, I believe, for anyone who would sit on our nation’s highest court. And yet, these qualities alone are insufficient. We need something more. For as Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, “The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.” Experience being tested by obstacles and barriers, by hardship and misfortune; experience insisting, persisting, and ultimately overcoming those barriers. It is experience that can give a person a common touch and a sense of compassion; an understanding of how the world works and how ordinary people live.” Again the theme, albeit the word ’empathy’ not being used.



To a Statist such as the Obamanation, moral relativism through the prism of ‘diversity’, ’empathy’, ‘compassion’, etc are the key philosophical points on choosing a Supreme Court judge. The Constitution of the United States does not budge, does not bend or cater to special interest groups with redress-obsession. It does not show ‘compassion’ or ’empathy.’ It clearly enumerates, as I have said before, those things that our government implicitly cannot do to us. And this is why our founding document is so different than any other country in world history. The activism of today’s socialism and fleet from our founding principles put these restricted powers at risk every day. And thus it does not surprise me one bit to read, in the Obamanation’s own words, that a Justice is to strive for some sort of ambiguous, higher-level subjective reasoning in the Court. This subjective reasoning and ethic changes from bullhorn to demagogue. It simply proves my point, in his own words above from the White House site. Liberals/progressives stand for the collective. Hence the obsession with Sotomayor’s race and sex identity. Her sex and race have absolutely nothing to do with her understanding of the Constitution or philosophy and prove to me that ‘diversity’ is just a code word for collectivism. Our society values a mob-mentality ethic, an ethos that changes with the wind….



Update 1 : The NYT has an article here about a speech on ethnicity and sex that Sotomayer gave in 2001, Sotomayer – ““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.”
If you think that this could possibly been taken out of context click here for the full text of the speech. Confimation of racecentism that I suspected earlier, I’m sure that there will be many more stories to come….

Update 2 : Newsbusters has a great story here highlighting the fact that ABC news is minimizing the ‘Liberal’ label for Sotomayor, yet used ‘Conservative’ for Alito frequently…..

Update 3 : Reason.com has a great article here laying out the framework for Sotomayor’s preference for racial preferences and gun control…..

Update 4 : News coming out that sotomayor member of racist
separatist group La Raza……here…..