Unca Darrell

JULY 13 / How is this not racist and sexist?

"A White Man's Voice as Judge"

JUNE 22 / Stuart Taylor, Jr., on Sotomayor on Race

BUT CONSERVATIVES and like-minded centrists can win the political debate [sparked by the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court] if they focus not on buzzwords but on in-depth, civil discourse about the very big issue on which Sotomayor and her liberal supporters are most at odds -- and the conservative justices most in tune -- with the vast majority of Americans.

JUNE 16 / Stuart Taylor on Sotomayor and the New Haven affirmative-action case

Stuart Taylor, Jr.

may well support [Judge Sonia Sotomayor's] confirmation . . . if her testimony . . . dispels my concern that her decisions may be biased by the grievance-focused mind-set and the "wise Latina woman" superiority complex displayed in some of her speeches.

But close study of her most famous case only enhances my concern. . . .

MAY 27 / Sotomayor links

UPDATE: 28 U.S. Code 453: "Oaths of Justices and Judges":

I, [Sonia Sotomayor,] do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice without regard to persons, and do equal justice to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as [associate justice of the United States Supreme Court] under the Constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God. [Emphasis added]

MAY 24 / Leviticus on judges and empathy

DO NOT pervert justice; do not show favoritism to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly (Leviticus 19:15).

MAY 21 / Stuart Taylor on Supreme Court nominee

STUART TAYLOR, Jr., is "cautiously betting that Obama will choose a moderate liberal who believes in judicial restraint."

MAY 20 / Next time, read the transcript

Editorial, "Plea for dialogue," Houston Chronicle, May 20, 2009:

[President Obama] recounted a letter he had received after winning the Democratic presidential nomination from a doctor who described himself as a pro-life Christian.

MAY 18 / McWhorter on racial bias and firefighters' exams

THE REASON black people of unaffluent origin tend not to do well on standardized tests is a matter of language and how it's used -- and the issue is less about color than class, and in the global sense, about what it means to be human.

MAY 8 / Blasts from Unca D's past on Obama and judges

NOVEMBER 28 / The scary things that judges might do

OCTOBER 31 / Stuart Taylor on "which Obama?"

OCTOBER 2 / Which is worse? Not knowing? Or being wrong?

SEPTEMBER 29 / Reasons to vote for McCain and Palin

AUGUST 18 / Quote of the Day

MAY 6 / "Gangster Government": Barone on White House bullying

THINK CAREFULLY about what's happening here. The White House . . . is seeking to transfer the property of one group of people to another group that is politically favored. In the process, it is setting aside basic property rights in favor of rewarding the United Auto Workers for the support the union has given the Democratic Party. The only possible limit on the White House's power is the bankruptcy jodge, who might not go along.