Originally Posted by legend29

In regards to Sotomayor...I don't think she is the best candidate for the Democrats. She has way too many rulings that swing against her.
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Priestess said:


We should hope she's not the best candidate "for the Democrats" ... she's being nominated for the Supreme Court, which we don't want ruled by politics (even though it will certainly have some influence). Instead, we should consider whether she's a good candidate "for the nation".
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Originally Posted by legend29

Lastly, I think it sends a mental image that somehow minorities (I hate that term...but for argument sake I use it!) are not as intelligent as whites and thus must be given special privilges to balance the playing field. This sends us all the way back to the dark ages of the infamous 'Bell Curve' study. That idea does not sit well with me at all.
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Priestess said


Applying the situation solely to one of "intelligence" would be erroneous though ... while I do not like the need for such measures, the system was (and still is) biased against racial and ethnic minorities. In a recent study, it was found that white applicants with a felony conviction were more likely to receive a call-back for a job than black applicants without a felony conviction (the disparity was even more significant when like convictions were compared) ... this has a significant impact on job opportunity - affecting income, which then affects educational opportunity for children ... serving to reinforce stereotypes (such as intellectual ability) and continuing the cycle of racial discrimination.

We have to break the cycle somehow.

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Outlaw1:

What Rand said. + yo [Adrian!] don't mess around with my friend Legend. I'll unleash fiery gerrunds, dangling particples [Houdini wouldn't mess with em] and er...dang where's my script writer? I can't continue this, someone stole my script...

Well I guess the NeoCon George Hoover Bush gave us a few judges. So now we all [some of us] gotta hang on when we get an extremist from the other side. Out of all the Puerto Rican judges, I still say elect Judge Penny. I think she's a Boricua. {Puerto Rican.}

Personally I think B'lanna Torres would do. Heck she's half Klingon...and cute.