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MsJulieR wrote:

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what a class show today

Elisabeth: yapping dog against Supreme Court nominee

Sherri: will try to get into shape to get into a swim suit: Puleeze: my TV will explode
this doctor taking measurements and of course Sherri has to make some comment when he does the bust size

Whoopi: Tyler Florence cooking vegs for Whoopi; she never eats them.. she spits them out

burnettfollower wrote:

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I don't know why no one agreed with Elizabeth on her views of on the whole judge issue. For once I actually agree with her and strongly disagree with Whoopi and Joy. The Supreme Court Justice or any other judge on other circuits should not base their decision on their life experiences and background (something Whoopi was promoting). Instead a judge should base their decision on a case based on the application of the law. If the law states that a criminally insane person who committed murder belongs in the criminal wing of a mental institution becuase that's the court system set up for such people, then that's exactly what the judge should base the case on. Not on whether the criminally insane is as Hispanic as the judge. It's the application of the law without prejudice and bias and without emotion (which is what Elizabeth was saying). If we allow judges to base their decisions on their emotions we'll be having judges throwing hissy fits on their PMS days, and expecting to get away with it.

Additionally, Sotomayor's critics are up in arms over the fact that she has admitted that her ethnic background has an affect on her decision making process. Who does she think she is? Well, as it turns out, she probably thinks she's being very similar to Justice Sam Alito:

ALITO: Senator, I tried to in my opening statement, I tried to provide a little picture of who I am as a human being and how my background and my experiences have shaped me and brought me to this point. ... And that's why I went into that in my opening statement. Because when a case comes before me involving, let's say, someone who is an immigrant -- and we get an awful lot of immigration cases and naturalization cases -- I can't help but think of my own ancestors, because it wasn't that long ago when they were in that position. [...]

And that goes down the line. When I get a case about discrimination, I have to think about people in my own family who suffered discrimination because of their ethnic background or because of religion or because of gender. And I do take that into account.