Sonia Sotomayor: Ready for this?
May 27th 2009 03:34
President Obama has nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. I don't know about you, but when a Supreme Court justice is being replaced, I get worried about the Constitution. Ever notice that lady justice is usually depicted wearing a blindfold? It is with good reason, judges are supposed to make rulings based on the law and not be predjudiced by what they see. Sotomayor served from 1980 to 1992 as a Board of Directors member of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund. This organization promotes amnesty and expanded rights for illegal aliens living in the United States; promotes hiring minority job applicants regardless of test scores and they seek to promote Spanish as an alternative to English.
One case she presided over is a good indicator of what we are in store for. In 2003 Frank Ricci and 17 of his fellow firefighters took a test for promotion in the New Haven CT. fire department. What probably was the catalyst to bring this before a court was the fact that Ricci, who apparently had some learning disabilities worked extremely hard to pass the test. He purchased study materials and studied hours every day. He had the highest score and should have earned the promotion. When it was determined that blacks had performed poorly the New haven department handed out no promotions that year.
The firefighters case was upheld, not once but twice with Judge Sotomayor as one of the judges who voted to support the New Haven decision. This is a clear case of reverse discrimination, or in my eyes just plain discrimination. Think about it, these 17 men worked hard to earn a position, do what is asked of them, excel at their jobs and then get knocked down because it may not be fair to some people who are obviously less qualified.
Where are we heading in this country. Let's put a different spin on this to make it a little more real life. If you are getting on a plane tomorrow to fly cross country, who do you want flying the plane? The pilot who scored the highest and has the experience or the pilot who got the position because of the color of his skin even if he was chosen over 25 better pilots. If you need life saving surgery, the same applies. Is this what we want. Sub-standard people placed in important positions? It completely slaps common sense in the face.
Equality is what was always supposed to be the goal of all civil rights movements. Equality is what our constitution espouses. What that means is we are all supposed to play on a level playing field. That's all, nothing more. What so many of these progressive judges believe is that they need to make the playing field unlevel so it favors one segment of society over another, because they feel that this will make it right.
One case she presided over is a good indicator of what we are in store for. In 2003 Frank Ricci and 17 of his fellow firefighters took a test for promotion in the New Haven CT. fire department. What probably was the catalyst to bring this before a court was the fact that Ricci, who apparently had some learning disabilities worked extremely hard to pass the test. He purchased study materials and studied hours every day. He had the highest score and should have earned the promotion. When it was determined that blacks had performed poorly the New haven department handed out no promotions that year.
The firefighters case was upheld, not once but twice with Judge Sotomayor as one of the judges who voted to support the New Haven decision. This is a clear case of reverse discrimination, or in my eyes just plain discrimination. Think about it, these 17 men worked hard to earn a position, do what is asked of them, excel at their jobs and then get knocked down because it may not be fair to some people who are obviously less qualified.
Where are we heading in this country. Let's put a different spin on this to make it a little more real life. If you are getting on a plane tomorrow to fly cross country, who do you want flying the plane? The pilot who scored the highest and has the experience or the pilot who got the position because of the color of his skin even if he was chosen over 25 better pilots. If you need life saving surgery, the same applies. Is this what we want. Sub-standard people placed in important positions? It completely slaps common sense in the face.
Equality is what was always supposed to be the goal of all civil rights movements. Equality is what our constitution espouses. What that means is we are all supposed to play on a level playing field. That's all, nothing more. What so many of these progressive judges believe is that they need to make the playing field unlevel so it favors one segment of society over another, because they feel that this will make it right.
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