Sonia Sotomayor, Pace Law School Annual Commencement, May 18, 2003 (Part 1 of 2)

Sonia Sotomayor delivers the commencement address at Pace University School of Law, White Plains, NY, May 18, 2003. Judge Sotomayer is a U.S. Circuit Court judge for the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals. Part 1 of 2.

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[spacemonkeyable]

Sotomayor's one paragraph decision did nnnottt side with Ricci. it took a supreme court reversal on june 29th to find in Ricci's favor.

Judge Sotomayor's statement is not racist, she is just wrong. Second, I would hope that a wise white man with the richness of his experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a Latina woman who hasn't lived that life.

[Goldwater08]

Lol, you are making things up. 18 White males, 1 Hispanic passed a promotion test. New Haven threw it out because it was racially skewed. Sotomayor upheld their decision.

Quit spreading misinformation.

[sidiggy1]

I InRicci, the fire department threw out a test that was being used to determine promotions because not enough minorities passed the test. The plaintiffs were white males and one hispanic male who had passed the test. Sotomayor ruled against them, upholding the department's decision to scrap the test.

Alito did not say he would make better decisions than women or minorities.

Why do I need to read her cases? I took offense at her comment. I can't be offended without reading her cases?

[s4life]

Well, the corollary of Alito's statement is that his background would help him make better decisions regarding race discrimination cases, which is what Sotomayor said.

Regardind the Ricci case, you fail to mention that Ricci was a white male, and Sotomayor sided with him... are you saying now that because of that case, Sotomayor is a white supremacist?

and for the record if you are accusing someone of something the burden of proof is in your hands.. so it is you who need to read all her cases.

[sidiggy1]

BTW, I have since read the various Ricci opinions, and I think she got it wrong. It's not clear that her error was the result of any bias. I understand where the court was coming from. The City scrapped the test to avoid a lawsuit by the minority groups. But, I still think the legal reasoning was wrong.

[sidiggy1]

Alito did not say the same thing. He said he considers his background and it influences his decisions. She said her background ought to, more often than not, make her decisions better than those of a white male. That was a qualitatively different statement. She is suggesting that her personal background makes her a better judge than white men.

As for her record, are you suggesting that you have read all of per cases? The only one I read was Ricci, and she got that one wrong.

[s4life]

What the right wing is doing is hypocrisy at best, where was the uproar when Alito said the same things?

Also, your point is moot since she obviously follows the rule of law quite well, if you take a look at her record.

[omfgyahh]

Excatly my point, using prejudice comments with no base to them.

[DD826]

Do you have a point or would you like to present any facts? I think not, just insults, typical lib.

Have some more Koolaid, something might come to mind.

[omfgyahh]

You are very ignorant...