Courtesy of the brilliant Charles Krauthammer
Well, as we heard today, she has a great American story.
And — but there is someone else here, as we just heard, who also has a great American story, and that is Frank Ricci, who is the fireman who sued because he took a promotional test, he and others, and was denied the promotion simply because of his race.
And that’s a case that came to the second circuit court, and Judge Sotomayor summarily dismissed it.
Now, that is important because it tells us a lot about her judicial philosophy. And the fact that, as we heard Judge Jose Contrera, on her court, also a Clinton appointee, was upset by her dismissal of this, and not even being willing to recognize the serious constitutional issues, that tells us that she really is a believer in the racial spoils system.
She is a person who said in a speech that she would hope that a wise Latina woman would come to better conclusions as a judge than a white male.
I mean, imagine if you heard someone say the reverse. He would be run out of town as a racist and a sexist.
And it reflects the president’s idea of empathy in the judicial choice, meaning a person who cares about the standing of a defendant or a plaintiff in a case, meaning if he is rich or poor, black or white, advantaged or not, which should not be something a judge takes into consideration.
via Krauthammer’s Take – NRO Staff – The Corner on National Review Online.