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A New CNN/Time poll shows only 47% of American's now approve of her confirmation.
Whats that a drop of 15% in 3 weeks?
The more you know, the less palatable she appears.
The more you listen to faux the less palatable she looks.
4 members of scotus voted WITH SOTOMAYOR! SHOULD WE KICK THOSE 4 OUT BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT HARDCORE RIGHT WINGERS?
Some people study, others get a lawyer and tries to manipulate the law.
Almost all tests need to be improved in order to filter out the best. This applies to the GRE, SAT, LSAT, and many many many others. There are plenty of smart people denied opportunities because of the type of test or they are simply bad test takers. Tests will be more effective as we change them when we discover more effective ways but to simply throw out a test simply because it doesn't suit a group of people because they grow up with the delusion that white society is out to get them. Stop blaming the system, take responsibility and adapt.
So let me get this right...you study for a test. You work hard and you pass. You don't make the rules, you don't make the test. BUT, because other people DON'T PASS, you are denied your bump...THATS CRAZY! If anything, they should have changed the process for the next test, NOT deny those who passed. She is not a great judge, she was a political pick.
This is a ridiculous point to make in the first place. That this ruling should have any affect on the outcome of Sotomayor's nomination is stupid. First of all, she didn't do anything except uphold the ruling of the lower court. And her two other appeals court judges agreed with her. And 4 Supreme Court justices ruled in the same fashion. So the point being, while you are allowed to disagree with her decision, and your grounds for disagreement hold some water, to say that her decision is an outlier and makes her unfit to be a SC justice, is disingenuous. The only reason this case is even brought up is that the GOP wants to make it about race because its an emotional issue. Its working too. The people who thought that they should overturn Ricci, are against her nomination. The people who thought they should uphold the Ricci decision are for it. They are using it as a wedge issue because they know that they have nothing else. Her legal background is solid, her educational experience is impeccable, she comes highly recommended. So they are throwing darts at issues that they know will ellicit an emotional response. But to say that her reasoning in this case is out of whack in some way from the way judges are supposed to, is again, disingenuous
All that tests ever show is how much the testee thinks like the person who wrote the test. If the test is written by a caucasian, those who pass it will be disproportionately caucasian. Likewise, if written by a African-American, those who pass it will be disproportionately African-American. The same for Hispanic-Americans. Until you can make not only education, but also sociological and economic factors equitable, there will continue to be tests administered that reflect a certain bias.
What was on this test? Do you know? Was it strictly related to firefighting and the management of subordinate firefighters or did have questions unrelated to the profession?
If the test was strictly about firefighting, how can there be a "black way" of fighting fires and a different "white way" of fighting fires?
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