Sotomayor nomination

[piercehawkeye45]

To answer your question, yes, the reasoning is bullshit. Of course Obama picked her because of political reasons but that does not make the diversity argument obsolete. If someone is going to be picked on political reasons, I would rather see different logical viewpoints represented instead of the same privileged ones.

But you did not answer my question. What should the selection be based on? There are more than enough qualified people to become Supreme Court Justices so the selection has to be based on an aspect other than qualifications. What makes the section of Sotomayor any different then Bush's conservative picks? I am guessing a bullshit reasoning can be found for just about every pick.


I haven't followed this real closely but what I also want to know is why is Sotomayor's appointment so controversial when I have never heard anything from any other appointees in the past?



Edit - This is just another example of political slander. Obama is attempting to deceive people with the reasoning for his picks because of politics and Sotomayor is being attacked for poltical reasons by attempting to make her seem racist and sexist by taking quotes out of context to make a non-absolute statement seem absolute.