Sotomayor reversed 60% by high court

[long762range]

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/27/60-reversal-of-sotomayor-rulings-gives-fodder-to-f/?feat=article_top10_read

With Judge Sonia Sotomayor already facing questions over her 60 percent reversal rate, the Supreme Court could dump another problem into her lap next month if, as many legal analysts predict, the court overturns one of her rulings upholding a race-based employment decision.

Three of the five majority opinions written by Judge Sotomayor for the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals and reviewed by the Supreme Court were reversed, providing a potent line of attack raised by opponents Tuesday after President Obama announced he will nominate the 54-year-old Hispanic woman to the high court.

"Her high reversal rate alone should be enough for us to pause and take a good look at her record. Frankly, it is the Senates duty to do so," said Wendy Wright, president of Concerned Women for America.

Judge Sotomayor already has been confirmed for the federal bench twice: unanimously in 1992, when President George H.W. Bush nominated her to a district court, and by a vote of 67-29 in 1998, after President Clinton nominated her to the appeals court. Seven Republicans who voted for her in 1997 are still in the Senate, and White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said "they're certainly well positioned to support her again."

Mr. Gibbs dismissed questions about Judge Sotomayor's reversal rate, saying she wrote 380 majority opinions during her 11 years on the appeals court. Of those 380 opinions, the Supreme Court heard five of the cases and overturned her on three.

"The totality of the record is one that's more important to look at, rather than, like I said, some out-of-context or clipped way of looking at it," Mr. Gibbs said.

While Democratic senators were quick to back Judge Sotomayor, Republicans took a wait-and-see approach, saying they will judge her by her answers at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Still, Republicans will be under pressure from conservative and libertarian activist groups, who say the questions are mounting. The activists are looking forward to the Supreme Court's expected ruling next month in the Ricci case on race-based employment promotions.

[Hazcat]

She is also a member of La Raza!

[MikeBjerum]

Yesterday on the news (radio - I was driving and not able to jot down particulars) a Washington DC (can't remember Whitehouse or other leader) was quoted as saying that if the GOP brings up anything about race the hispanic vote will never forget.  In this case who is the racist?  Is it the one that mentions it or the one that put her name up and includes threats like this? 

Selective descrimination is not only ok in the United States but encouraged 

[tt11758]

Yesterday on the news (radio - I was driving and not able to jot down particulars) a Washington DC (can't remember Whitehouse or other leader) was quoted as saying that if the GOP brings up anything about race the hispanic vote will never forget.  In this case who is the racist?  Is it the one that mentions it or the one that put her name up and includes threats like this? 

Selective descrimination is not only ok in the United States but encouraged 

Didn't you know that it's not possible to be racist unless you're a conservative?

[TAB]

I don't care about her politics, race, or and of that crap, what I care about is what she did as a judge.

60% reversel rate is way to high.

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[Pathfinder]

I don't care about her politics, race, or and of that crap, what I care about is what she did as a judge.

60% reversel rate is way to high.

If you believe the wanker press secty from the WH, there were only 5 cases that made it to the SCOTUS, and of these 3 were overturned. A high rate to be sure. I am more interested in what happened in between her 2nd District Court and SCOTUS. Is there an appellate court in between?

Otherwise, only loosing 3 out of 380 ain't bad. However, I do not like the decisions she has reached, and everything else I am hearing is very negative - La Raza, her tantrums, anti-2A, etc. etc. etc.

[tombogan03884]

I don't care about her politics, race, or and of that crap, what I care about is what she did as a judge.

60% reversel rate is way to high.

TAB, Rethink that post, Her politics influence her decisions as a Judge, but you are right about 60% reversal being WAY to much,
Makes me wonder what Jack Wienstiens rate is as HE is the most overturned Judge in America, HE even overturned one of his decisions in the "Mafia Cops" case.

[TAB]

my point was I don't care if she is a fruit loop as long as she makes the correct choices in the court room.

[tombogan03884]

my point was I don't care if she is a fruit loop as long as she makes the correct choices in the court room.

Apparently she doesn't 2 out of 3 times.

[twyacht]

Yesterday on the news (radio - I was driving and not able to jot down particulars) a Washington DC (can't remember Whitehouse or other leader) was quoted as saying that if the GOP brings up anything about race the hispanic vote will never forget.  In this case who is the racist?  Is it the one that mentions it or the one that put her name up and includes threats like this? 

Selective descrimination is not only ok in the United States but encouraged 

It was that lovely Democrat Senator from New York: Chuckie Schumer.