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Old 03-29-2018, 11:59 AM   #67
Pete F.
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Originally Posted by Jim in CT View Post
Having judicial experience didn't stop Sonia Sotomayor from saying this, which should prevent her form ever serving on a jury, let along on the Supreme Court...

"I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life,”

You cannot get more bigoted than that, you simply cannot, and she will be on that bench for the rest of my life. White men, by virtue of their skin pigmentation and genitals, make inferior judges. That's super.
And she said that 8 years before she was appointed and she made it through confirmation. Just like Gorsuch did, that is the way the game works.

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