Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Of Asterisks and Judges
In criticizing Bush's nomination of Samuel Alito, the Journal-Sentinel makes an observation that should not pass without comment:
Clarence Thomas is an intellectually honest man who calls the shots as he sees them, as any judge should. That's all we should ask of any judge. That so many fail to understand that is profoundly disturbing.
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In losing a woman, the court with Alito would feature seven white men, one white woman and a black man, who deserves an asterisk because he arguably does not represent the views of mainstream black America.That's what the editors of the Journal-Sentinel think the Supreme Court is? Some sort of body that represents groups? Would a white man who, in the eyes of the Journal-Sentinel staff, represented "the views of mainstream black America" deserve an asterisk? The suggestion is offensive, but no more so than the suggestion about Clarence Thomas.
Clarence Thomas is an intellectually honest man who calls the shots as he sees them, as any judge should. That's all we should ask of any judge. That so many fail to understand that is profoundly disturbing.
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// posted by Tex the Pontificator @ 11/01/2005 08:55:00 PM 
