OBAMA AND SOTOMAYOR: TWO PEAS IN A POD

I have always believed that our illustrious would-be Messiah that the stupid people of America elected President would be overjoyed to see our Constitution run through a paper shredder. I have also believed wholeheartedly that he would love to be the one to put it there and turn on the switch. His nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the US Supreme Court confirms this belief. President Obama and Ms. Sotomayor have both said they believe Supreme Court Justices should have “empathy”.

Now, unless I totally slept through government and civics classes in high school, which is doubtful since I got an “A” in that subject, I distinctly remember learning that the job of the Supreme Court is not to practice empathy, or to write legislation, but rather to examine legislation written and laws passed under the light of the Constitution, to see that those laws pass muster.

For those of you who have forgotten what you were taught in government class all those years ago, or for the younger ones among us who have sadly been mis-taught and misinformed, allow me to give you a quick refresher course. Our government here in America is made up of three separate but equal branches. The Executive Branch, which consists of the President, the Vice President, and all other high ranking cabinet members and officials, exists to propose or suggest policy and legislation and to over see the basic functioning of the other branches. The Legislative Branch, which is made up of elected officials in the House of Representatives and the Senate, exists to write laws and legislation, to keep the Executive Branch in check, and to carry out the wishes of the constituents who elected them. The Judicial Branch, which includes the US Supreme Court to which Ms. Sotomayor has been nominated, and the lower Federal Courts, exists solely for the purpose of ensuring that the executive Branch proposes and the Legislative Branch enacts laws that are inline with the supreme law of our land, the US Constitution.

Miss Sotomayor has said in her own words that she hopes to be able in her new position to make better laws than the ones we currently have. She and President Obama both believe that the Constitution is a “living, beathing document” that is still being shaped and formed to this day. To believe this is as ridiculous and ludicrous as it would be to believe that the Bible is not the final word from God but that it is also still being written, shaped, and formed to this day. The fact is, the Constitution is stone cold dead. It is what it is and it says what it says. If Mr. Obama and Ms. Sotomayor have a problem with that I am sure there are many third world countries who would love to have them. Mr. Obama has even said that he looking forward to her getting on the court and “finally dispensing some justice”, as if to suggest that has not been done at any other time in the history of the court.

Aside from Ms. Sotomayor’s obvious disdain for the Constitution and her 2001 statement that she believes that based on her life experiences as a Latina that she could “make better judgments than white males”, there is the larger issue of her rulings having been deemed wrong and overturned on 8 different occasions by the very same Supreme Court she has been nominated to. This alone, more so than anything else, clearly illustrates her lack of qualification to be a Supreme Court Justice.

What it boils down to is, we have a president and Supreme Court nominee who both feel the most important criteria and qualifications for holding that position is being a racist, a judicial activist, and having empathy, rather than interpreting the law as it is written .

This pick, and the fact that some gutless, spineless wimps in Congress who call themselves Republicans will probabl y let her nomination sail through unopposed does not bode well for America. These gutless wonders are afraid of being called racists if they oppose Mr. Obama and Ms. Sotomayor. What they should be more afraid of is being unemployed come next election should they vote to confirm her.

I’m sure I will be called a racist for writing this column. If opposing someone’s views and ideology based solely on the merits or lack of merit of those views and ideology, and that someone whose views you oppose happens to be black or Hispanic, makes me a racist, then so be it. I wear the label proudly and with dignity and honor. The truth is, only those who were dumb enough to vote these clowns into office to begin with, are the only ones stupid enough to believe that opposing them based on their views and policy statements alone is racist. This is not a very smart crowd we are dealing with here. And that fact is sad and unfortunate for America.

Jim L. Chitty

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