Sotomayor is a Pro-Police Judge

Why did Sotomayor see the case the way she did? Maybe because she is a former prosecutor: She went straight from Yale Law School to the Manhattan district attorney's office in 1979 and tried dozens of criminal cases there over five years. Or maybe Sotomayor has other reasons; it's hard to know. And in the end, the other two judges involved agreed she was right on the law. But what's striking, of course, is that she persuaded them to undo a verdict in a case that a jury saw as rife with police abuse of power. "You read this unanimous opinion, and it would seem to be the Republican judge who is driving this decision that she just signed on to. When in fact it was exactly the opposite," one observer said.

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Catz Part Deux said:

Sotomayor's powers of persuasion. - By Emily Bazelon - Slate Magazine



What if Obama threw the Republicans a centrist, law and order judge, and in their paranoia, they throw her under the bus?

Something to ponder.

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DarkWizard12 said:

I think, this is a trap, but not in the same way. Remember how Roberts got confirmed? I think it's the same ****.

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Redress said:

could I get you to expand on that a bit please. How exactly do you mean.

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DarkWizard12 said:

Remember the person that was nominated BEFORE Roberts? You know, the one that lacked experiance? Harriet Miers? I think it was kinda of a given that she couldn't be an adequate SC justice, but she was nominated as sort of a "political move". You know, Bush nominated someone who would face a lot of opposition, and basically, take the beating so that he could appoint who he really wanted(Roberts) without as much of a fight.

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