Now, I don’t know if that’s what she thought Abortion was supposed to do, or if she thought that is why it passed…but I feel that it’s an important quote to mention…

The Drudge Report posted a link to CNSNews…I’m working on getting that available…It’s been down for a while.

In an article in the Sunday NYTimes Magazine which will print on the 12th, but is available online, There is an interview with Justice Ginsburg…Here is an excerpt:

Q: Are you talking about the distances women have to travel because in parts of the country, abortion is essentially unavailable, because there are so few doctors and clinics that do the procedure? And also, the lack of Medicaid for abortions for poor women?

JUSTICE GINSBURG: Yes, the ruling about that surprised me. [Harris v. McRae — in 1980 the court upheld the Hyde Amendment, which forbids the use of Medicaid for abortions.] Frankly I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don’t want to have too many of. So that Roe was going to be then set up for Medicaid funding for abortion. Which some people felt would risk coercing women into having abortions when they didn’t really want them. But when the court decided McRae, the case came out the other way. And then I realized that my perception of it had been altogether wrong.

There was also an idiotic follow-up question.  I would have asked her to clarify the “populations” statement…but the interviewer asked the following:

Q: When you say that reproductive rights need to be straightened out, what do you mean?

JUSTICE GINSBURG: The basic thing is that the government has no business making that choice for a woman.

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Read–CNS News

UPDATE:  I was able to get the web page to load.  I’ll post an archive in a few minutes.

Here is a .pdf version of the web page.

So…did she support abortion for that reason?

Developing…

Yet another case that I have covered turns out to be from Obama’s pick for Supreme Court Justice…

Remember the girl who couldn’t run in her school’s student government because she called a teacher a “douche bag?”

If you don’t, click here.

Well, apparently, she sided against the blogger…

I’m not liking this…It’s beginning to scare me…

This is just the next thing in a list of reasons she isn’t fit for the position…

She’s a member of La Raza…

She promises Empathy…

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You guessed it…La Raza…

Any group that calls themselves “The Race” scares me…

That adds more weight to her statement:

“I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.”

In case you don’t know what La Raza is, it is a group that advocates driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants, amnesty for them too, and the seperation of several southwestern states from the Union…

This is on top of her yearbook quote…

And her promises to not judge blindly…

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A quote from none other than Norman Thomas…The Great American Socialist leader…

The quote is:

“I am not a champion of lost causes, but of causes not yet won.”

Thomas also said, “The American people will never knowingly adopt Socialism. But under the name of ‘liberalism’ they will adopt every fragment of the Socialist program, until one day America will be a Socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.”

Now, I’m not saying that Sonia Sotomayor is a socialist…but do you really want someone who obviously admires a Socialist leader on the Supreme Court?

Woman… CHECK
Minority… CHECK
Emotion Chip… CHECK

That’s right kids, not only do you not need to have even a working understanding of how a constitution works (Unlike the Supreme Court in California), you need to have “Empathy” to sit on the Supreme Court– like Barack Obama’s recent nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Mrs. Sotomayor, in addition to having a name with sweet alliteration, said she hopes “that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life”. Great…

DEVELOPING…

Read– NY Times

UPDATE from Mr. Harrington:

Now, If I may be so bold…

Justice is blind, one must not use “empathy” while administering this kind of justice.  Justice is blind, and no one should take into account any “life experiences” or “empathy” in order to administer justice.

Folks, she is not fit to be a Supreme Court Judge, based solely on her “empathy” standard.

Here is the Oath of Office administered to Supreme Court Justices:

“I, [NAME], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as [TITLE] under the Constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God.”

“Without respect to persons…I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me…”

Impartiality…It’s important.  “She’s not fit, she must quit.” –To paraphrase the great American defense attorney Johnnie Cochran…

You should call up your Senators and Representatives and let those on the Judicial Committee know that Justice is Blind.

UPDATE: May 27, 2009: From Mr. Harrington:

Apparently, The Honorable (heh) Justice Sotomayor is connected to the Firefighter advancement test case…

Who knew?

Now Newt Gingrich’s quote from today makes much more sense…

From Twitter: @newtgingrich: “White man racist nominee would be forced to withdraw. Latina woman racist should also withdraw.”

That marriage is between a Man and a Woman.

And that the 18,000 gay marriages will stand.

6-1 decision.

Developing…

Justice Moreno was the only one who thinks that Voters don’t matter…

Justice Moreno was the only one who thinks that the voters cannot amend the Constitution…

Folks, a lawsuit has been filed by several white firefighters in New Haven, Connecticut because their advancement tests were thrown out because of a lack of African American eligibility.

The tests were thrown out when, out of the 118 people who took the test, the fifty six who had passed turned out to be white and Hispanic.

The cited reason was that the test was biased.

The case will go to the Supreme Court.

Ladies and gentlemen, so much for being an equal opportunity employer.  If I were a firefighter, I wouldn’t care what race my crew is…Hell, they could be martians for all I care…the ability to do their job is all I care about.

Obviously none of the black candidates were qualified.  Simple as that.  But to blame the multiple choice test for a lack of ability is just insane.  I’m glad the firefighters are suing.  They should have been promoted.

What is the department going to do?  Throw out the tests until they finally get the desired result?

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UPDATE: June 29, 2009:

Well, the future employer of Sonya Sotomayor, the Supreme Court, has found that the firefighters were right in this case…

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In a shocking turn of events, a court filing by the Justice Department has stated that terrorists being detained at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan cannot use U.S. courts to challenge their detentions.

DUH.

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As I have reported, Barack Obama is trying to take control of the 2010 census–which gives him control of the 2012 election.  But now, Republican leadership is planning to take Mr. Obama to court if he doesn’t scrap his plan.  The Republicans are forming a “census task force” to research Obama’s plan.

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A teenager may finally get some justice after she was barred from running in her high school election after her remarks on her blog.

Can you believe this?

Avery Doninger referred to her school administrators as “douche bags.”

While I believe that she should have probably used a different phrase, I also believe that this is protected speech.  Maybe her promise to take it to the Supreme Court will knock some sense into the heads of those douchebag school administrators…

You can be sure I’ll be following this one closely.

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