Poor judgement again.
“In a career that took her from a Bronx housing project to Princeton University, Yale Law School, various jobs and now the federal bench, she (Sotomayor) has said that she tries to keep in mind the real-life implications of her rulings when meting out justice,” he wrote.
Such “empathy,” in fact, was one reason Obama explained he picked her.
“Such a high-minded moral standard is what we, as a society, should expect and seek from all our judges, especially a Supreme Court justice. But considering that we are talking about a lifetime appointment to the nation’s highest court, we should see if, in practice, her rulings reflect that,” Deskovic said. “A review of her record in my case shows that Sotomayor’s practice does not live up to her promise.
“All seven of my appeals were turned down. Two stops along the way were in Sotomayor’s courtroom,” he said.
Now he’s working to alert Americans to the dangers he feels Sotomayor presents to the public. He assembled a group on Facebook encouraging contacts with members of the Senate to oppose Sotomayor. He also said he’d like to testify against her at her Senate hearings, scheduled to take place within a few weeks.
Deskovic told WND that if Sotomayor’s appointment is affirmed, “It means that our rights are very much at risk.
“I think the fact she is being considered for an even higher position of responsibility, considering we’re talking about a lifetime appointment, that affects all of our rights.
“She’s supposed to be scrutinizing every case that comes across her desk,” he said, not using technicalities.
“What I don’t understand is why none of the U.S. senators is paying attention to this issue. … Do they agree with what (happened)?” he wondered.
He also suggested politics is playing an huge role, “If this judge had been nominated by a Republican president, the Democrats would have been all over this.”
But he said there’s no excuse, either, for the GOP not to be raising the question.
“Despite Sotomayor’s rhetoric, her ruling in my case showed a callous disregard for the real-life implications of her rulings. She opted for procedure over fairness and finality of conviction over accuracy. Many of the victims of wrongful convictions serving long sentences had exhausted their appeals long before they were exonerated. In how many of those cases did Sotomayor vote to refuse to even consider evidence of innocence?” wrote Deskovic. “My case is far from unique in an age when the reality of wrongful convictions is well-established.
“In my case, Judge Sotomayor did not demonstrate that understanding. If that is her idea of ‘empathy,’ a trait that Obama sought in his appointee, then God help us all,” Deskovic said.
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This post was written by bobsikes on July 1, 2009
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