Using personal attacks, Democrats malign black Republican judges, such as Judge Janice Rogers Brown and Justice Clarence Thomas.  During the Bush Administration, Democrat Senator Ted Kennedy called black Republican judicial nominees "Neanderthals”.  Democrat Senator Harry Reid slurred Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as someone who could not write good English. “Slap at Thomas stinks of racism,” was the headline of the New York Daily News’ December 7, 2004 editorial.  Democrats also denigrated Republican Hispanics Alberto Gonzales and Miguel Estrada with no backlash from the Hispanic community.

Now that President Barack Obama has nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor, a fellow far-left wing radical, for a position on the US Supreme Court, Democrats are poised to accuse Senate Republicans of racism if they oppose her on grounds of incompetence (she was overruled frequently, as she likely will be in the next few weeks concerning the City of New Haven fire fighters) and lack of judicial temperament.  Click here to view the video of Judge Sotomayor stating that the court is where policy is made: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfC99LrrM2Q .  In this video, Judge Sotomayor displays her disdain for the rule of law and her attitude that decisions should be based on personal ideology, rather than legal merit. 

Concerning the claim that Judge Sotomayor would be the first Hispanic US Supreme Court justice, The Wall Street Journal reports that "Sonia Sotomayor is frequently described as being prospectively the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice. Apparently this isn't technically true. The first Hispanic justice was Benjamin Cardozo, who served from 1932 to 1938. USA Today reports": http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/judicial/2009-05-26-courtcardozo_N.htm 

With the nomination of Judge Sotomayor, Obama has, once again, stuck his finger in the eye of America as he continues to erode American fundamental values and tenets.  A basic tenet is that all people are treated equally under the law.  Obama’s injection of “empathy” into the criteria for judges leaves all of us vulnerable to being treated unfairly by activist judges who make decisions based on race or gender, not the merits of the case.

Judge Sotomayor approved discrimination based on the color of the skin of 20 New Haven firefighters who were denied promotion even though they had the highest test result. A Hispanic jurist appointed by Bill Clinton and a colleague of Judge Satamayor found her decision troubling.  Judge Sotomayor also showed her racism when she stated that Hispanic women are better equipped, due to "inherent physiological or cultural differences," to make better decisions than white men.

In his article “Justice Thomas Keeps the Faith at:  

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2006/05/justice_thomas_day_job_part_ii.html

Thomas Sowell wrote:  “Contrary to what many say in the media, or even in academia, it is not a question of whether a judge is personally "conservative" or "liberal." The real question is whether he believes he is there to uphold the constitution or the constitution is there to authorize him to do whatever he wants to do.”

The following is a press release from Project 21, a black leadership network, that provides clarity from a black prospective about why Republicans should oppose Judge Sotomayor.

http://www.project21.org/P21PR-Sotomayor_052609.html