Sotomayor and her First Amendment Rights

A lot of the focus has been on the hearings for Judge Sotomayor Although it's pretty much a given for the Democrat judge, nominated by the Democrat President to be voted on by the Democrat majority Congress.

That is to say, if the elected representatives vote along party lines like they shouldn't but usually do, most think she is a shoe in.

Why do I even bother bringing this up?

A huge amount of attention has been brought up concerning a very stupid thing she said some time ago referring to her thinking a white man typically wouldn't be as 'wise' as a 'Hispanic' women in important decision making.

Now, on the whole, it is a pretty stupid thing to say. When a person finally gets over the juvenile emotional reactionary position of making their life decisions based on race and ethnicity, one would hope they would make better decisions in general because they are looking at people simply as people and not as some color of a person.

However, was she making that comment as a way of showing her disagreement with previous and current judges? Does she mean to say that she thinks the 'white' male judges have made rulings that are unfair to people as a whole because they only think as 'white' people?

I don't know. Legally, there's pretty much nothing they can do about that comment coming from her. She has the right to say things aloud that show she disagrees with the government and those who fill government jobs.

That doesn't mean though, she has any protection from other people. So the government can't take action because they don't like her comment. The people who have to vote for her need to take a close, hard look at someone who is supposed to be impartial as a judge.

If a case comes before her in which a white male is in an opposing position to a Hispanic female, will she have an 'automatic' decision there?

She has expressed 'regret' that someone might take her comment the wrong way. Which is ludicrous because there aren't too many ways you can take a comment like that.

What is worse is, she has squandered all the effort and struggle and energy that brought her to where she is now. The persistence, tenacity and grim determination to struggle beyond slavery and living as second class citizens for so long. All those things done by the people in the generations before us, before her, to see she has the opportunity and potential to sit in Americas government as an equal person. Do you read this Sonja? AS AN EQUAL PERSON.

No one went through the lives they did and continued to push forward just so we could change who has 'the power' in government. The idea was to battle on to ensure that all people are seen as equal. To be seen and treated with the respect and dignity all people deserve. Equally.

I hope Ms. Sotomayor really thinks about all those people who helped get her where she is now. I hope if she is voted in as a Supreme Court Judge that she forget she is a Democrat, forget she is a 'Hispanic' and even forget she is a woman. When she is up there on that bench, she is a person, representing and looking out for the best interests of all people.