Blog 28

Jeffrey Rosen is an idiot. Quote cropping??? Come on, seriously?? Rosen characterized Sonia Sotomayor as an idiot bully who doesnt know how to do her job, but he is quoted as saying, "I haven't read enough of Sotomayor's opinions to have a confident sense of them, nor have I talked to enough of Sotomayor's detractors and supporters, to get a fully balanced picture of her strengths", yet publishes all of these sideways, pieces parts to defame this now current Supreme Court justice...doesn't make sense. The article, "portrayed Sotomayor as too tempermental, too vain, and too stupid to serve on the Supreme Court". Also, a cut up quote said,"she is not that smart and kind of a bully on the bench," as one former Second Circuit clerk for another judge put it. "She has an inflated opinion of herself, and is domineering during oral arguments, but her questions aren't penetrating and don't get to the heart of the issue."
If Sonia Sotomayor was a man, I do not think that her behavior alleged behavior would be under scrutiny. But since she is a women, and a minority, she was put to shame by a falsified article. Her alleged behavior is very similar to how a man acts in a court room against a women.
Sonia Sotomayor is also highly educated, but I still believe she is experiencing a competency gap, and George W. Bush, before he left office recommended a male justice, and there are a lot of men trying to trash her name and reputation.
What also gets to me from this article is that Jeffrey Rosen is glorified as a"legal eagle", wow, he trashed this woman with "anonymous" quotes, chopped up quotes, and perhaps made up quotes, and true to male form when opposing a female, they have to be aggressive, name call, and trash the opposition.