Reid: Not Going to Look at A Single Judge Sotomayor Opinion

He doesn't think that's just a little bit of a dereliction of duty?

"I understand that during her career, she's written hundreds and hundreds of opinions. I haven't read a single one of them, and if I'm fortunate before we end this, I won't have to read one of them,” the majority leader told reporters at the Capitol on Tuesday.

Lazy. But, really, do we expect him to do anything other than fully support whatever the President does?

Some cases that Reid (and the rest of the Senate) should at least take a look at:

Obviously, Ricci v. DeStefano is at the top of the list.

Didden v. Village of Port Chester in which Judge Sotomayor agreed that the Village of Port Chester could condemned a property when the owners refused to pay $800,000 to the city's designated developer for the area. In Didden the city's developer gave Didden, who wanted to build a CVS pharmacy, an ultimatum: (1) pay $800,000 or 50% of the proceeds of their project for the right to proceed with the construction of a CVS on their land or (2) the city will seize the property through eminent domain and transfer it to the developer.

(This is a good one on the "empathy" question, since she showed no empathy toward the property owner or understaning of the importance of property rights in a democracy. Also, it's an execellent example showing how fair-weather President Obama is. He claimed to rule against then-Judge Roberts because, in his view, Roberts sides with "established power structures" against the little guy. In Didden, Sotomayor sided with the city and its chosen developer against the little property owners.)

Maloney v. Cuomo, a Second Amendment case in which Judge Sotomayor disingenuously sidestepped the central question: is there a fundamental right to bear arms? She assumed not, even after Heller and gave that question no discussion at all in the opinion. If this is the extent of her keen judicial reasoning or special Latina wisdom, she most certainly is not fit for the Supreme Court.

More to come...

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1 I saw this yesterday, but thought it must be satire

Posted by: Neo at June 03, 2009 02:58 PM (5d1ix)

2

Are we sure he knows how to read?

Posted by: IreneFingIrene at June 03, 2009 02:59 PM (JKe0g)

3 Bestest congress EVAR.

Posted by: trainer at June 03, 2009 03:00 PM (l0OA7)

4 Excellent.

Posted by: President Obama at June 03, 2009 03:00 PM (IhQuA)

5 Hey -- from his interviews it doesn't sound like he ever read any of Clarence Thomas' either

Posted by: radical slacker at June 03, 2009 03:02 PM (8mppu)

6 Reid doesn't read, didn't you guys learn that when they passed those bills with record speed? In the world ov "throw it against the wall and see what sticks" politics, reading is an unnecessary distraction.

Posted by: muffy at June 03, 2009 03:02 PM (zplc6)

7 That would be a typical response from somebody as energetic as he appears to be. I am sure this happens more than we know. A good example is the spend-u-lous bill passed which was 1100 pages of a bill that not one of them read, that is pretty amazing when you think about it. It is simply Gross Negligence, they do not care what they are doing to us or our country as long as it futhers their agenda.

Posted by: Mickey at June 03, 2009 03:03 PM (2nYuA)

8 Assuming one did bother, at least she has an enormous paper trail that's available to review - unlike two ghost written books and an ape eating dates epic poem.

Posted by: FreakyBoy at June 03, 2009 03:05 PM (4s1it)

9 The Senate's role in Obama's appointments is to consent and consent, I guess.

Posted by: zmdavid at June 03, 2009 03:07 PM (xWY0W)

10 Slack motherfucker

Posted by: Superchunk at June 03, 2009 03:07 PM (tjUml)

11 I think "laziness" sums it up pretty well.

Reid knows he's going to vote to confirm no matter what, so why bother doing any investigation. Not his problem.

If there is any dirt to be dug up, he'll let the Republicans do it and deal with it then.

Posted by: looking closely at June 03, 2009 03:09 PM (PwGfd)

12 Female.

Latina.

Liberal.

Really, what more do I possibly need to know?

Posted by: Harry Reid at June 03, 2009 03:09 PM (4s1it)

13 Der-lict my balls.

Posted by: Hansel at June 03, 2009 03:10 PM (gEsIJ)

14 That Hansel, he's so hot right now.

Posted by: Mubatu at June 03, 2009 03:10 PM (gEsIJ)

15 You know, if Hairy Reed could pick a Sotomayor opinion out of his nose he'd look at it.

Posted by: alppuccino at June 03, 2009 03:12 PM (nwXF9)

As a wise, corrupt politician, Reid has a richness of experience that allows him to come to the right conclusion. How dare you question him?

He doesn't have to read any of Sotomayor's opinions. He just knows she's right for the job.

And by right, I mean far-left.

Posted by: Blogluddite at June 03, 2009 03:13 PM (fDWFP)

17 It almost makes me wonder to whom Reid thinks he owes his duty.

Posted by: rockhead at June 03, 2009 03:13 PM (Mo/H3)

18 Isn't this the same guy who said that he read Clarence Thomas' decisions and said they were "poorly written" and that Thomas was an embarrasment?

Posted by: matt at June 03, 2009 03:16 PM (JW9nf)

The Senate's role in Obama's appointments is to consent and consent, I guess.

Dissent Consent is the highest form of patriotism!

Posted by: hit and run at June 03, 2009 03:18 PM (wcOAw)

Why should he read any, she has such a compelling life story.

/a$$wipe lefty moron

Posted by: newsjunkie_ky at June 03, 2009 03:18 PM (0syQK)

21 I don't know who this Mubatu character is, but I'd like to enroll him at the School for Kids who can read good and learn other good stuff too. Please see Chancellor Zoolander for admission.

Posted by: Mugatu at June 03, 2009 03:18 PM (GtYrq)

22 Shall I record this one now or wait for the actual bow?

Posted by: Bow Counter 5000 at June 03, 2009 03:19 PM (GtYrq)

23 Harry, better watch out for Katie Couric, she's gonna getya.

Posted by: RM at June 03, 2009 03:19 PM (1kwr2)

24
Here goes this game again:

Imagine Trent Lott or Bill Frist saying this when they were senate majority leader. Think the press would ever let that go?

Posted by: dan-O at June 03, 2009 03:22 PM (teb/C)

So Senators don't have to read legislation they pass or opinions of nominees that they confirm. I guess we can't expect that much from him since we only pay him $193k per year with a fully vested pension after 5 years. Come on, how hard woudl you work for that kind of pocket change.

Posted by: California Red at June 03, 2009 03:27 PM (/kVbY)

26 His mind is made up. Facts might confuse things.

Posted by: Allan Yackey at June 03, 2009 03:28 PM (1kwr2)

Most people will only work as hard as their bosses make them. Nevada voters should keep this in mind for his next election...

Posted by: dan-O at June 03, 2009 03:30 PM (teb/C)

28 I've never paid attention to a thing Harry Reid has said, and if we're fortunate, he'll be voted out in 2010 so I won't have to start.

Posted by: The Hammer at June 03, 2009 03:54 PM (YBTwf)

29 Oh come, come now...he's a busy man and you really can't expect him to read all of those opinions...NEXT.

Posted by: Main Stream Media at June 03, 2009 03:56 PM (DrB2V)

Read shit? He's busy weighing the cas from Nevada land deals, ala Whitewater.....You can bet your ass he reads his paycheck for the exact amount of zeros on it...He read, and at least had a staffer write, barrys' scripted speech fundraiser for him last weeek.

Asshole, wants the voters to be as stupid and lazy as him. Works out well for Dems that way.

Posted by: hutch1200 at June 03, 2009 04:41 PM (DbwWP)

31 The bitch thinks she's wiser and better in every way than a white guy like me.

And that's good enough for me!!!

Posted by: Harry Reid at June 03, 2009 06:19 PM (iafWn)

32 Why did Didden allow an individual the power over the development? Its seems insane and dumb, unless they had corruption.

Oh well.

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