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Whoa. The hits keep on coming with Judge Sotomayor. We've already seen how her extrajudicial activities--speeches, papers, clubs--cast doubt on her ability to treat men and whites with the necessary impartiality to be a judge. There was also the sneaky way she disposed of the Ricci case. Ethics went out the door when her membership in a women-only group was discovered (something forbiden by the Code of Judicial Conduct).

And now it turns out that she advised a Puerto Rican advocacy group in the 1980s which opposed Judge Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court by labeling him a "threat" to the "civil rights of the Latino American community." And it doesn't stop there.

The revelation is included in 350 pages of documents the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund delivered to the senators late Tuesday evening.

Judge Sotomayor worked for PRLDEF in various capacities from 1980 until she became a federal judge in 1992, spending most of her time as a board member.

The documents, which the group's lawyers have said include relevant information about Judge Sotomayor's time there, also show the fund did legal work for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, known as ACORN. During the 2008 presidential election, ACORN came under fire after allegations of voter registration fraud.

Hmmm. If only the Republicans in Congress hadn't started on the wrong foot with her, there'd be some real momentum to have her nomination withdrawn. Instead, John Cornyn bravely led the Republicans on Senate Judiciary into hiding under his desk and then hired squish-professor Orin Kerr to contrive a reason why.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 09:56 AM



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1

Her actions while in college already labeled her as just another asshole community activist pushing a whiner “give me privileges” agenda. She is not fit to be a citizen much less a judge. Her being a supreme is ludicrous.

Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2009 09:59 AM (5ynkO)

2 There had to be a link with ACORN somewhere in there.

And to think that we criticize Russia for being a mafia-state...

Posted by: Track-A-'Crat at July 02, 2009 09:59 AM (C4ArQ)

3 Wow, color me surprised.
Not

Posted by: Rickshaw Jack at July 02, 2009 10:01 AM (KbDhF)

4 But is she a creationist? That would make it important.

Posted by: Charles Johnson at July 02, 2009 10:01 AM (5V/kc)

5 She could be the democratic Harriet Myers and they are poised to throw her under that very crowded bus and the alternative, the real candidate that they want, won't come out until they have exhausted the people and the representatives in the fight agaisnt her.  By then, they will approve atilla the hun.

Posted by: muffy at July 02, 2009 10:03 AM (zplc6)

6 While she is likely to be confirmed, all of this shit being documented reduces her power on the Court.  If the other Justices think she has prejudicial viewpoints she will not be able to build a consensus for opinions.  We aren't getting a decent justice out of Obama, so we at best hope for a crippled one.

Posted by: Jean at July 02, 2009 10:06 AM (L64A6)

7 Harriet Miers wasn't shot down by Democrats; she was shot down by conservatives.

SoSo is exactly what Democrats love. (Ginsberg, people!) The Democrats aren't going to vote against her, and I never expected the Republicans to care.

So, really, this kabuki is a way of making Sotomayor even more attractive to Georgetown cocktail parties. Otherwise, it's pointless.

Posted by: Ella at July 02, 2009 10:10 AM (gQ4Zh)

8 ACORN should replace Quantum/S.P.E.C.T.R.E as the criminal enterprise in the Bond movies.

Posted by: Track-A-'Crat at July 02, 2009 10:11 AM (C4ArQ)

9 And this is from what they voluntarily turned over. Imagine what went into the circular file?

So-So Sotomayor...she's just gets more so-so every day.

Posted by: Rocks at July 02, 2009 10:13 AM (Q1lie)

10

I hate it when people throw up their hands, saying she's going to be confirmed anyway.  Even if you assume that SotoMAYOR can't be defeated in the Senate, it is still important to get this stuff out.  It affects the public perception of Obama, which in turn affects his popularity ratings, which affects his ability to pass his agenda.  More please.

Posted by: Matt at July 02, 2009 10:15 AM (VVQBC)

11 At least putting up a fight might garner a little publicity, instead of just rolling over and getting a belly rub from the dictator.

Posted by: bill at July 02, 2009 10:16 AM (XzFO1)

12 What could POSSIBLY go wrong in putting a white-man-hating leftist ideologue on the Supreme Court?  Get over it people, it's not that big a deal!

Posted by: dfbaskwill at July 02, 2009 10:18 AM (7Gs5S)

13

Man, this wise Latina should call the Washington Post and pony up the cash for a better narrative.

Posted by: gator at July 02, 2009 10:21 AM (yUiO3)

14

When senators question nominees don't they usually have people sitting behind them...advisors, staff etc?

Act One: when its Sen. Sessions turn to question the "wise-ass Latina", just before he starts, in the pause when he first fixes her with the evil eye--let Judge Bork slowly shuffle into the Senate Chamber, whisper a word in Sessions' ear and then sit behind him....!

Psychodrama? You betcha!

Second Act: The same act repeated with the second Republican Senator, except this time the entrance stage left is of a particularly latin-looking gentleman dressed in a firefighters clothes: No need to introduce him; his name tag says "RICCI"!

If by now those "Wise Latina" bloomers are still unsoiled, let the third set of "advisers" be an agglomeration of 7 be-suited, be-tied, be-robed White men and 1 White woman!

Nuff said. Do it, Jeff!  

Posted by: elixelx at July 02, 2009 10:23 AM (5+Q1U)

15

It is too bad there is no opposition party that sees it as its mission to hold the Dem's feet to the fire, and make them nominate good candidates for the SC who support American values, instead of leftism and the politics of victimology.

Since the media operates effectively as the PR arm of the Democrats, what remains of the opposition is scared to death of doing anything that too strongly opposes the Democrat agenda.  They have drunk deeply of the Beltway Kool-aid and allowed themselves to be suckered into believing that American conservatism is worse than dead, it is uncool.

We need some new Republican's in DC who have not forgotten the rest of the country still exists, and what its true values are.

Posted by: sherlock at July 02, 2009 10:28 AM (jdXw+)

16 #10-I agree. Get this all out. As much as humanly possible. They probably will end up getting her confirmed, but there is still a good chance they won't, so the chance has to be taken.

Posted by: di butler at July 02, 2009 10:28 AM (tjdui)

17 There are no rights for the "latino Community". There are rights for americans. Please decide: Are you american or latino? If the latter, please leave.

Posted by: wildman at July 02, 2009 10:36 AM (pSoT7)

18

I'd bork her.

Posted by: Mark Sanford at July 02, 2009 10:36 AM (a4lmz)

19 "We've already seen how her extrajudicial activities--speeches, papers, clubs--cast doubt on her ability to treat men and whites with the necessary impartiality to be a judge."

Well if she doesn't get the Supreme gig maybe you can offer her a spot here at AoS. She'd be right at home with the anti-white bloggers and commenters here obsessed with the ghost of Hitler and his twenty three remaining followers - to the exclusion of all other issues, such as the astonishingly rapid decline and fall of America. Collaborators and saboteurs, you are; you can't possibly be this stupid and incompetent, you *have* to be deliberately rolling over for Team Obama and everyone else fucking up America.

Shut the fuck up about Nazis, about Iran, and about everything else that does not comprise an immediate and serious threat to America. Or continue to prove my point every day; I don't care, it's your country, not mine.

Posted by: AoS Conqueror at July 02, 2009 10:36 AM (VCjd7)

20 She's the gift that keeps on giving!

Posted by: LoneRepublic at July 02, 2009 10:40 AM (84yWb)

21  The senate repubs are pissing me off so much, grrrr)(&_^%^)_+*)(_)! 

What they should be doing is making her nomination so politically damaging to turd obama that there's no WAY he see's a 2nd term.  Instead they're rolling over so they don't miss out on the beltway perks by making a fuss and pissing off the media.

Cornyn needs to go (yes i'm in Texas- who's with me?)

Posted by: Dang Straights at July 02, 2009 10:54 AM (Haq+B)

22

If the other Justices think she has prejudicial viewpoints she will not be able to build a consensus for opinions

 

I hope you are not betting a whole lot on that premise. Ginsburg is just as bad and she gets along nicely with the other 4 liberals.

Posted by: Vic at July 02, 2009 11:02 AM (5ynkO)

23

@ 6 While she is likely to be confirmed, all of this shit being documented reduces her power on the Court.  If the other Justices think she has prejudicial viewpoints she will not be able to build a consensus for opinions.

I'd like to hope that this is true, and to a limited extent I suppose it might be.  But the Left's agenda is to continue building a court made up of more wise minority leftist types who are committed to the ideology they worship.  Her vote will count whether prejudiced or not - that's what matters most.  If something happens to any of the remaining justices who care about the real meaning of the Constitution they'll put in more traitors just like her to make their victory complete.  The Libs will not offer up any reasonable candidates for SC - they can't risk some rogue going against their plans.  Once they've got the majority, it will be immediately followed by a series of decisions that will stun us, and transform the country in a very negative way.  We could win back the presidency and the legislature and still be unable to get past the court without taking extreme action.

 

Posted by: Reactionary at July 02, 2009 11:05 AM (P+HSn)

24 ACORN is a clear and present danger to the United States of America.

Posted by: grognard at July 02, 2009 11:11 AM (sPO/s)

25     ACORN is a clear and present danger to the United States of America.

I tend to think of ACORN as more of a symptom, rather than the disease.  Like an STD outbreak.

Posted by: Dang Straights at July 02, 2009 11:16 AM (Haq+B)

26 Bork was considered a "threat" by PRLDEF, ACORN, NOW and the DNC because he believed his job was to read...not write...the Constitution.

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*cough*Nigel-the-Nazi-Bastard*cough*

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