Questions For Sotomayor
07/13/2009
Senator John Cornyn has a list of twenty questions for Judge Sotomayor. Only three to them are about the subjects that Sotomayor is most vulnerable on:
- Question 8: Does Judge Sotomayor believe that the firefighters' claims in Ricci v. DeStefano are routine and not worthy of careful treatment?
- Question 12: Does Judge Sotomayor continue to believe that the city of New Haven should have been allowed to scrap the results of its firefighter exam on the basis of race?
- Question 15: Is the Constitution color-blind?
You have described yourself on video as "a product of affirmative action" and an "affirmative action baby" and that it is "critical that we promote diversity." Considering your often-expressed passionate views on the topic and personal self-interest in promoting ethnic preferences, how could Frank Ricci have expected even-handed, colorblind justice from you?
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Considering the personal benefits that ethnic preferences have provided you over the years, shouldn’t you have recused yourself from the Ricci case?