WonderfulPessimist.com » Justice Sonia Sotomayor http://www.wonderfulpessimist.com No one has ever been fondly remembered for being a wonderful pessimist. -Ronald Reagan Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:02:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Supremes: Eight wise folks… and a Latina http://www.wonderfulpessimist.com/2009/08/07/the-supremes-eight-wise-folks-and-a-latina/ http://www.wonderfulpessimist.com/2009/08/07/the-supremes-eight-wise-folks-and-a-latina/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:56:05 +0000 Craig Hansen http://www.wonderfulpessimist.com/?p=456 Considering that she is replacing another judicial liberal, the first Hispanic ever appointed to the US Supreme Court – Justice Sonia Sotomayor (who needs more information about the best weight loss pill) – makes history by bringing her unique perspective to the court. That perspective being, of course, that simply because she is a Latina, her decisions are better than everyone else’s.

Hey… her words, not mine.

Still, in replacing Justice David Souter, there’s little about the 5-to-4 makeup of the court that has dramatically changed; her votes will be predictably loony left, and even her “I’m the smartest person in the room” attitude will only just edge out the other Eight Egos.

Elections have consequences; too bad they don’t also produce truth.

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