Sotomayor Obama's SCOTUS pick - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Tully Mars · 05-26-2009, 04:52 AM

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama has chosen federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor as his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, two sources told CNN on Tuesday.

Sotomayor will be the first Hispanic U.S. Supreme Court justice if confirmed

Obama plans to announce his nominee at 10:15 a.m. ET Tuesday, sources told CNN.

Obama said Saturday he wants intellectual firepower and a common touch in the next Supreme Court justice and said he doesn't "feel weighed down by having to choose ... based on demographics."

Obama's nominee will replace retiring Justice David Souter, who announced this month he would step down when the court's current session ends this summer.

There had been wide speculation that Obama would name a woman to the court, which has one female justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Obama also had been under pressure to nominate a Hispanic justice to the court, which has never had one.

Obama's nomination will have to be confirmed by the Senate Judiciary Committee and the full Senate.

The nominee is not expected to have difficulty being confirmed in the Democratic-controlled Senate in time for the new court session in October.

The president has said he hopes to have hearings in July, with the confirmation completed before Congress leaves for the summer.

Don't know much about her so I don't have many thoughts at this points. Not surprised it's a woman.

Anyone else have thoughts/knowledge of this lady?

Charlatan · 05-26-2009, 05:55 AM

Only that certain parties will not care a whit about her credentials and will only see her as a woman who is hispanic.

dksuddeth · 05-26-2009, 06:44 AM

certainly a very savvy political move by Obama.

Tully Mars · 05-26-2009, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Charlatan

Only that certain parties will not care a whit about her credentials and will only see her as a woman who is hispanic.

Some people seem to be saying she qualified for those reasons. Seems like odd qualifications to me.

Willravel · 05-26-2009, 07:04 AM

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In her rulings, Sotomayor has often shown suspicion of bloated government and corporate power. She’s offered a reinterpretation of copyright law, ruled in favor of public access to private information, and in her most famous decision, sided with labor in the Major League Baseball strike of 1995. More than anything else, she is seen as a realist. With a likely 20 years ahead on the bench, she’ll have plenty of time to impart her realist philosophy.

Sonia Sotomayor - Judge Sonia Sotomayor on Supreme Court - Esquire

She sounds pretty great. There's nothing better than pragmatism on the bench.

snowy · 05-26-2009, 07:16 AM

A few weeks ago now, I was fiddling around with the interactive graphic thingie they had over at the NYTimes, trying to figure out who I would nominate if I were Obama. I picked Sotomayor. She seems to have everything Obama wants in a Justice. I'm very pleased this morning to find out I was right!

I hope she gets confirmed. I think she would be a great addition to the Court.

05-26-2009, 05:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	Only that certain parties will not care a whit about her credentials and will only see her as a woman who is hispanic. __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

05-26-2009, 06:44 AM	#3 (permalink)
dksuddeth Junkie Location: bedford, tx	certainly a very savvy political move by Obama. __________________ "no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything. You cannot conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him."

05-26-2009, 07:16 AM	#6 (permalink)
snowy Kick Ass Kunoichi Location: Oregon	A few weeks ago now, I was fiddling around with the interactive graphic thingie they had over at the NYTimes, trying to figure out who I would nominate if I were Obama. I picked Sotomayor. She seems to have everything Obama wants in a Justice. I'm very pleased this morning to find out I was right! I hope she gets confirmed. I think she would be a great addition to the Court. __________________ If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau