re: #147 drcordell

re: #137 Occasional Reader

See # 52. There is zero evidence that has turned up in any of her rulings that indicates she allows race to factor into her rulings. Not to mention the fact that her “latina woman” quote is so completely overblown. All she did was indicate that completely separating your personal identity from your judgement is impossible, unless you are deluding yourself.

“Because when a case comes before me involving, let’s say, someone who is an immigrant — and we get an awful lot of immigration cases and naturalization cases — I can’t help but think of my own ancestors, because it wasn’t that long ago when they were in that position.”

-Sonia Sotomayor Ooops… Sam Alito

Then lets take this from her own mouth…

“I further accept that our experiences as women and people of color affect our decisions. The aspiration to impartiality is just that - it’s an aspiration because it denies the fact that we are by our experiences making different choices than others….”

cnn.com