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Hawkmoon

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The "Wise Latina" misses the point
« on: October 14, 2021, 07:12:32 PM »
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/sonia-sotomayor-says-supreme-court-justices-are-sorely-missing-diverse-experience-and-that-leaders-aren-t-paying-enough-attention/ar-AAPwRXK

Justice Sotomayor complains that SCOTUS justices lack "diversity" in their life experiences. Respectfully With all due respect, the sole function of a Supreme Court justice is to review laws for constitutionality under the Constitution of the United States. Doing that does not require a "diverse" life experience. It requires an ability to read English, and a thorough knowledge of the Constitution. Full stop.
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MechAg94

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Re: The "Wise Latina" misses the point
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2021, 11:13:29 PM »
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"When Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed, we lost our only civil rights lawyer," Sotomayor said during a virtual event for the fifth anniversary of the New York University School of Law's Center for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging.

Nobody on the bench has "been in the trenches on civil rights issues, whether it's on women's rights, racial rights, or even disability rights," she continued, adding that the justices also don't have backgrounds in immigration, environmental or criminal defense law either, besides some "white-collar work."

Most justices previously held jobs as judicial clerks, law professors and deans, and legal counsel to politicians, to name a few. Some of the justices have had practice in commercial law and media law for private firms and in civil and criminal law for the government.

Sotomayor mentioned that her colleagues may not agree with her sentiment, but raised the issue as a cause for concern, considering that the court reviews "so many areas of law" and its decisions "impact in such tremendous ways."
I see where she is coming from.  We need some gun rights attorneys on the SC. 
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Re: The "Wise Latina" misses the point
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2021, 12:42:25 AM »
I see where she is coming from.  We need some gun rights attorneys on the SC.

I see where she's coming from, too. That's the problem. She wants judges to be social activists rather than objective arbiters of the constitutionality of laws.

Remember, RBG was the justice who advocated reviewing U.S. laws through the lens of what's happening in Europe.
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