Sotomayor was reversed 60% of the time. Damn, she must be unfit!

11 Bravo

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Fri May-29-09 01:53 PM
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Sotomayor was reversed 60% of the time. Damn, she must be unfit!

Edited on Fri May-29-09 01:54 PM by 11 Bravo

Three of her five decisions which were reviewed by the SCOTUS were, in fact, overturned. But what the pissing and moaning wingnuts DON'T bother to mention is that from 2004 to the present, 71% of all lower court cases reviewed by SCOTUS were overturned. Sotamayor is well ahead of the curve. And God's gift to the bench, Samuel Alito? Two cases reviewed, two cases reversed. That's 100% for the math-challenged Repugs. What kind of a shitty justice must HE be?

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_05/018381.php

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BuyingThyme

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Fri May-29-09 01:55 PM
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1. If they don't want to make an adjustment, they generally don't hear it.

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CreekDog

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Fri May-29-09 01:55 PM
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2. and 99% of her cases didn't even warrant review!

:rant:

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ChairmanAgnostic

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Fri May-29-09 01:59 PM
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4. not so.

99% either were

a. not appealed to the supremes
b. settled after appeal
c. remanded to trial court
d. sought cert, which was denied.

Let's not play the same games with numbers that the GoPee does.

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CreekDog

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Fri May-29-09 02:01 PM
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5. Who is playing games?

99% didn't warrant further review for whatever reason.

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elleng

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Fri May-29-09 01:59 PM
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3. And as I've said, 'her' decisions

are likely to have been decisions of the Court of Appeals for which she drafted the written decision; its the decisions of the Court of Appeals that were reversed (or remanded.) 'Her' decisions, exclusively, would have been reviewed, if at all, when she was a trial court judge, and they would have been reviewed by Courts of Appeals if at all.

There's a LOT of incomplete/bad info going around; fortunately, the Senate understands (one hopes!!! :sarcasm: )

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