Comments on: Stuart Taylor: Sotomayor Not Just a Student Radical, but an Uppity Minority Female http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/29/stuart-taylor-on-sotomayor-not-just-a-student-radical-but-an-uppity-minority-female/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 18 Feb 2012 04:28:23 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: jonerik http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/29/stuart-taylor-on-sotomayor-not-just-a-student-radical-but-an-uppity-minority-female/#comment-1908915 jonerik Sat, 30 May 2009 00:32:02 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/29/stuart-taylor-on-sotomayor-not-just-a-student-radical-but-an-uppity-minority-female/#comment-1908915 <p>I completely agree that the wingnuttosphere and the aforementioned Tancredo, Barnes, etc., are completely out to lunch in trying to launch a pre-emptive strike against Obama’s nominee. But hold on just a minute. Before everyone rushes to embrace Sotomayor as a darling of the “left”, isn’t there a process in pace to determine where Sotomayor stands on issues like overturning Roe v. Wade? Isn’t Sotomayor a Catholic? How does that and the threat of ex-communication affect her ability to decide cases involving reproductive rights?</p> I completely agree that the wingnuttosphere and the aforementioned Tancredo, Barnes, etc., are completely out to lunch in trying to launch a pre-emptive strike against Obama’s nominee. But hold on just a minute. Before everyone rushes to embrace Sotomayor as a darling of the “left”, isn’t there a process in pace to determine where Sotomayor stands on issues like overturning Roe v. Wade? Isn’t Sotomayor a Catholic? How does that and the threat of ex-communication affect her ability to decide cases involving reproductive rights?

]]> By: Prairie Sunshine http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/29/stuart-taylor-on-sotomayor-not-just-a-student-radical-but-an-uppity-minority-female/#comment-1908867 Prairie Sunshine Fri, 29 May 2009 23:06:50 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/29/stuart-taylor-on-sotomayor-not-just-a-student-radical-but-an-uppity-minority-female/#comment-1908867 <p>Same’s that other woman of color who graduated from Princeton….</p> Same’s that other woman of color who graduated from Princeton….

]]> By: OsborneInk http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/29/stuart-taylor-on-sotomayor-not-just-a-student-radical-but-an-uppity-minority-female/#comment-1908863 OsborneInk Fri, 29 May 2009 22:59:29 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/29/stuart-taylor-on-sotomayor-not-just-a-student-radical-but-an-uppity-minority-female/#comment-1908863 <p>Oh, I get it — she’s a racist because she called out racism, right?</p> Oh, I get it — she’s a racist because she called out racism, right?

]]> By: BargainCountertenor http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/29/stuart-taylor-on-sotomayor-not-just-a-student-radical-but-an-uppity-minority-female/#comment-1908861 BargainCountertenor Fri, 29 May 2009 22:56:23 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/29/stuart-taylor-on-sotomayor-not-just-a-student-radical-but-an-uppity-minority-female/#comment-1908861 <p>Not.</p> <p>Because they can’t get to 40 on this one. Franken is going to be there by the time the vote comes around, and Arlen Spectre [sic] (DINO-Triassic) has more-or-less promised a vote for cloture. I fully expect that at least one of Collins/Snowe (probably Snowe — she did ask BHO to appoint a woman) will resist RNC pressure, too.</p> <p>They’d be stupid to try, but that might not stop them. Their best hope appears to be to try to bottle it up in the Judiciary Committee, but I don’t think they can succeed at that either.</p> <p>This is truly a no-win situation for them. If they were smart, they would STFU and let it slide through. Oh wait. If they were smart, they wouldn’t be Guys Out of Plans, would they?</p> Not.

Because they can’t get to 40 on this one. Franken is going to be there by the time the vote comes around, and Arlen Spectre [sic] (DINO-Triassic) has more-or-less promised a vote for cloture. I fully expect that at least one of Collins/Snowe (probably Snowe — she did ask BHO to appoint a woman) will resist RNC pressure, too.

They’d be stupid to try, but that might not stop them. Their best hope appears to be to try to bottle it up in the Judiciary Committee, but I don’t think they can succeed at that either.

This is truly a no-win situation for them. If they were smart, they would STFU and let it slide through. Oh wait. If they were smart, they wouldn’t be Guys Out of Plans, would they?

]]> By: TheLurkingMod http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/29/stuart-taylor-on-sotomayor-not-just-a-student-radical-but-an-uppity-minority-female/#comment-1908856 TheLurkingMod Fri, 29 May 2009 22:47:09 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/29/stuart-taylor-on-sotomayor-not-just-a-student-radical-but-an-uppity-minority-female/#comment-1908856 <p>Jane is upstairs. This is very good.<br /><a href="http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/29/marcy-wheeler-winner-2009-hillman-prize-for-blog-journalism/" rel="nofollow">Marcy Wheeler — Winner, 2009 Hillman Prize for Blog Journalism</a></p> Jane is upstairs. This is very good.
Marcy Wheeler — Winner, 2009 Hillman Prize for Blog Journalism

]]> By: ThreadTheorist http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/29/stuart-taylor-on-sotomayor-not-just-a-student-radical-but-an-uppity-minority-female/#comment-1908855 ThreadTheorist Fri, 29 May 2009 22:44:58 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/29/stuart-taylor-on-sotomayor-not-just-a-student-radical-but-an-uppity-minority-female/#comment-1908855 <p>Got to give Alito credit for being prescient. He knew at a early age that his pale-male world would forever change after Ivy League schools started admitting women. Of course, he was too dumb then to realize that the change would be infinitely for the better, and for all I know he is still unhappy about the change. Me I’m so glad that my daughter got a chance to get a great education at Princeton and had a wonderful time there, decades after Sonia graduated.</p> Got to give Alito credit for being prescient. He knew at a early age that his pale-male world would forever change after Ivy League schools started admitting women. Of course, he was too dumb then to realize that the change would be infinitely for the better, and for all I know he is still unhappy about the change. Me I’m so glad that my daughter got a chance to get a great education at Princeton and had a wonderful time there, decades after Sonia graduated.

]]> By: foothillsmike http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/29/stuart-taylor-on-sotomayor-not-just-a-student-radical-but-an-uppity-minority-female/#comment-1908854 foothillsmike Fri, 29 May 2009 22:43:19 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/29/stuart-taylor-on-sotomayor-not-just-a-student-radical-but-an-uppity-minority-female/#comment-1908854 <p>He puts out a book every few months.</p> He puts out a book every few months.

]]> By: jayt http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/29/stuart-taylor-on-sotomayor-not-just-a-student-radical-but-an-uppity-minority-female/#comment-1908853 jayt Fri, 29 May 2009 22:41:48 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/29/stuart-taylor-on-sotomayor-not-just-a-student-radical-but-an-uppity-minority-female/#comment-1908853 <p><i>How do you expect Newt to pay for his european vacation?</i></p> <p>OPM, of course.</p> <p>does Newt have a job of any sort?</p> How do you expect Newt to pay for his european vacation?

OPM, of course.

does Newt have a job of any sort?

]]> By: foothillsmike http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/29/stuart-taylor-on-sotomayor-not-just-a-student-radical-but-an-uppity-minority-female/#comment-1908852 foothillsmike Fri, 29 May 2009 22:37:26 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/29/stuart-taylor-on-sotomayor-not-just-a-student-radical-but-an-uppity-minority-female/#comment-1908852 <p>How do you expect Newt to pay for his european vacation?</p> How do you expect Newt to pay for his european vacation?

]]> By: Mymy http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/29/stuart-taylor-on-sotomayor-not-just-a-student-radical-but-an-uppity-minority-female/#comment-1908850 Mymy Fri, 29 May 2009 22:28:09 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/05/29/stuart-taylor-on-sotomayor-not-just-a-student-radical-but-an-uppity-minority-female/#comment-1908850 <p>The real horror in the last couple of decades is The Federalist Society that conducted a stealth campaign to get judges with their narrow viewpoint into positions at all levels of the courts. Alito, Roberts and Scalia are part of it. But they’re not satisfied, I guess, and want to ensure that the courts never have to recognize anything past the 1790s. Perhaps they should be barred from ruling on everything that has happened since then? Not allowed to judge any new technology, can’t deal with airlines and telephones, movies and automobiles, the internet, Geneva conventions, trains, radios, and so on. Their position is ridiculous. And the conservative hatred of Sotomayor is a tip of the iceberg. Rove claims Alito called Sotomayor a difficult colleague–when he wasn’t even on the same Circuit court. Can anyone get Alito, who argued against admitting women to his beloved Princeton, to confirm? or to say how he knew this?</p> The real horror in the last couple of decades is The Federalist Society that conducted a stealth campaign to get judges with their narrow viewpoint into positions at all levels of the courts. Alito, Roberts and Scalia are part of it. But they’re not satisfied, I guess, and want to ensure that the courts never have to recognize anything past the 1790s. Perhaps they should be barred from ruling on everything that has happened since then? Not allowed to judge any new technology, can’t deal with airlines and telephones, movies and automobiles, the internet, Geneva conventions, trains, radios, and so on. Their position is ridiculous. And the conservative hatred of Sotomayor is a tip of the iceberg. Rove claims Alito called Sotomayor a difficult colleague–when he wasn’t even on the same Circuit court. Can anyone get Alito, who argued against admitting women to his beloved Princeton, to confirm? or to say how he knew this?

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