Comments for Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Comment on Senate Confirms Sonia Sotomayor as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court by Sotomayor Confirmation: ‘Momentous Step Forward for the Court and Our Country’ | Equal Justice Society

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:18:32 +0000

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Comment on Opening Statement of Judge Sotomayor by The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : Sotomayor Hearings Wrap-Up, Day 1

The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : Sotomayor Hearings Wrap-Up, Day 1 — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:30:48 +0000

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Comment on NAACP’s Ben Jealous on Judge Sotomayor by Ginger

Ginger — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:12:18 +0000

I’m not so sure about this nominee. I heard on C-Span that she has had a track record of taking the side of law enforcement. …whatever that means. What I hope it doesn’t mean is that she lacks empathy for alleged victims of police misconduct. She was also a prosecutor. I want to know more about her record as a prosecutor and more about her rulings as a judge. I’m not going to support her nomination because President Obama has selected her.

Comment on Hispanic GOP Leader Condemns Racist Sotomayor Cartoon by Sotomayor : Passive Human Piñata for Mexican Obama and GOP | VivirLatino

Sotomayor : Passive Human Piñata for Mexican Obama and GOP | VivirLatino — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:20:03 +0000

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Comment on Oklahoma Paper Runs Vicious Cartoon Intimating Lynching of Nominee by Denise

Denise — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:57:20 +0000

In spite of all these attacks, cartoons and all…for many a rope with a person dangling…may mean little …but for those of us whose ancestors have died in this manner..it is a haunting depiction that evokes fear, anger, trepidation, and more..

Frankly, despite all of those Southern trees that have borne strange Fruit, Barack Obama is President and Sotomayor will be the next Supreme Court Justice of the United States. Indeed a brilliant Latina, Puerto Requeno, women and more..

Si Se Puede
Si Se PUede

Comment on Oklahoma Paper Runs Vicious Cartoon Intimating Lynching of Nominee by Miguel Angel

Miguel Angel — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:52:05 +0000

Please, run articles that teaches our children and us something good and more human. Where is your education. Show your good morals and not inmorality. This kind of jock are stupid and does not have any since. Show your profetionalism by writing good articles.

Comment on Oklahoma Paper Runs Vicious Cartoon Intimating Lynching of Nominee by Carlos

Carlos — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:52:13 +0000

The pinata is iconic of Mexican ethnicity, if not Spanish and Catholic traditions. Sotomayor has been clear about her Catholic upbringing, but also her Puerto Rican heritage. The racism of the cartoon is not simply the lynching, but the conflation of Latinas, Hispanics, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans or what have you as basically being the same thing. The equivalent would be if a candidate with clearly expressed Chinese heritage was depicted in a Japanese sumo outfit, simply because both Chinese and Japanese are seen as Asian in the eyes of whites. But I guess that’s why Sotomayor would consider herself as being more wise on such issues than a white male.

Comment on Oklahoma Paper Runs Vicious Cartoon Intimating Lynching of Nominee by Marshalldoc

Marshalldoc — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:10:50 +0000

It strikes me that this cartoon may have been misread & over-read by those offended by it.

As I read it, it’s a potent condemnation of the GOP’s immediate tendency to bash any nominee by a Democratic President regardless of that person’s qualifications using their sex, race, sexual preferences, or any other personal attribute as a convenient hook for another outrageous accusation.

The fact that Judge Sotomayor’s a Latina makes the pinata a doubly useful entendre.

I really think your criticism’s misplaced on this one.

Comment on Oklahoma Paper Runs Vicious Cartoon Intimating Lynching of Nominee by Terrence Franklin

Terrence Franklin — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:34:01 +0000

I won’t use the word “racist” to describe the cartoon, since that word has already been used inappropriately to describe Judge Sotomayor’s realistic acknowledgement that we all bring to our daily activities our past experiences. Judges should honestly recognize the impact that those experiences have on their judgment, so that they can put them aside when analyzing the law as applied to specific facts, as Judge Sotomayor has done throughout her judicial career. I’ll just say I can’t believe such an ignorant cartoon was printed in what is supposed to be a reputable news outlet.

Comment on Oklahoma Paper Runs Vicious Cartoon Intimating Lynching of Nominee by Editorial cartoon on Judge Sotomayor has subtext of lynching, stereotypes Latinos | Equal Justice Society

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:14:14 +0000

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