Comments on: Senate Confirms Sotomayor

By: Hershele Ostropoler

Hershele Ostropoler — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:38:32 +0000

I’m a lifelong Brooklynite, so I’m a Mets fan (only because the Dodgers are gone). Justice Ginsburg and I grew up in roughly the same neighborhood, though several decades apart.

By: Jill

Jill — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:24:05 +0000

Mets!

By: laprofe63

laprofe63 — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:22:38 +0000

She may side with the “big guy” over the “little guy” more often than not, and fault her for that –after all she is a Harvard Law grad, no?

But please people, she is from the BRONX and grew up in the shadow of Yankee Stadium. What, is she supposed to be a Red Sox fan?

By: Jill

Jill — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:56:26 +0000

So true.

By: Tom Foolery

Tom Foolery — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:16:16 +0000

Yeah, I should have mentioned the Yankees thing… it’s Sotomayor’s biggest flaw.

It’s all part of her record of siding with the big guy against the little guy.

By: Frank Fitton

Frank Fitton — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:56:59 +0000

I’m a little worried about this appointment. Being Cuban myself, I applaud them for finally appointing a Hispanic, as that was long overdue. I feel though that there were better options out there.

Sotamayor’s financial irresponsibility troubles me. She does not live within her means, and this usually reflects irresponsibility in other aspects of her life. I wish her well, but I find that aspect extremely troubling.

Check out my blog about her personal finances at http://www.thedebtgazette.com/2009/08/justice-sonia-sotamayor-financial-irresponsiblity/

By: Mishi

Mishi — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:32:31 +0000

I hope RBG isn’t the next to resign, she’s like the fiercest justice ever. Didn’t she get confirmed with something like 96% of the senate because she is just that awesome?

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:26:44 +0000

Ahem, “Latina.”

It’s the generally preferred term and has the benefit of being how she describes herself.

By: laprofe63

laprofe63 — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:55:35 +0000

3 women in nearly 220 years of court history. THAT is simply unacceptable!

And, careful… Yankees fans are generally New Yorkers, and we don’t take kindly to being messed with, especially not those from the BX!

By: Henry

Henry — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:37:04 +0000

“It’s embarassing on the part of the Republicans who didn’t vote to confirm her. ”

I think they’ll survive the shame. After all, it’s not like she’s the first nominee to be opposed on ideological grounds.