Why make this complicated?
President Obama prefers Supreme Court justices who will violate their oath of office. And he hopes Sonia Sotomayor is the right Hispanic woman for the job. Here’s the oath Supreme Court justices must take:
“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.”
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So, what’s wrong with empathy?
Well, nothing. Empathy is a fine thing, and all decent people should employ it, including Supreme Court justices.
But Obama has something specific in mind when he talks about empathy. He wants the justice’s oath to in effect be rewritten. Judges must administer justice with respect to persons, they must be partial to the poor, and so on.
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1 comment:
Barry hasn't taken his oath of office to preserve, protect, and defend, the Constitution of the United States seriously since he's been in office so why should he care if his Supreme Court pick wipes her feet on her oath.
On another topic, Miguel Estrada, one of Bush's picks was never given a chance by Dems, and somehow they didn't worry about a Hispanic backlash; they tried to humiliate Clarence Thomas off the bench with Anita Hill making the most ridiculous racial stereotypical charges against Thomas, and there was not backlash there.
Since Blacks vote almost totally Dem, and Hispanics are not far behind, why should the Republicans worry about losing those votes, they don't have them now.
I have a novel idea, lets make our decisions on principle, not by political expediency.
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