One Reason Why Obama's Pick for Supreme Court Should be Blocked

President Barack Obama has stunned no one by picking a double-quota buster to replace Justice David Souter on the Supreme Court of the U.S., Sonia Sotomayor.

An Historic pick from our Historic president.

However, there is no doubt that Obama catered to the female and Latino voting blocks in picking one of each in one package.

This charge is not an indictment of her qualifications; by all accounts she is well-experienced enough to be on the SCOTUS.

However, one statement made by Sotomayor in 2001 should prevent her from receiving a lifetime appointment to the High Court, as her irrelevant personal prejudices will undoubtedly interfere with her ability to evaluate issues fairly for all.
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In addition to her quotes supporting judicial activism from the bench (a decidedly anti-constitutional activity), her suggestion that a Hispanic woman would naturally make better judicial decisions than a "(rich) white man,' as a result of her genes is an outrage.

I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion [as a judge] than a white male who hasn't lived that life.

Can you imagine if Bush appointee John Roberts had suggested at any point in his life that a white male could make better decisions than any woman?

This statement alone makes her unqualified to be on the SCOTUS. This is a decidedly anti-Constitutional line of thinking that is sexist AND racist and shouldn't be tolerated from anyone by anyone.

In one of her few explosive cases, Sotomayor voted (without writing an opinion) to join two colleagues in upholding ... racial discrimination by New Haven, Conn. The city denied promotions to the firefighters who did best on a test of job-related skills because none was black.

Your Honor, the law is the law. If something goes against the Constitution it goes against the Constitution, regardless of the skin color and gender of the people involved in the case.