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20 Utah law professors back Sotomayor

So what! What does a law professor know that conservatives with a bias against Obama, democrats and Sotomayor don't know. Rush dropped out, never finishing a semester of Junior college.

Sotomayor shouldn't have any backing from any of us.

A) She's against the 2nd Amendment to such a degree that she believes anyone who currently owns a gun is breaking the law.

B) As a judge in a lower court, she ruled that white firefighters shouldn't receive a promotion because no non-white firefighters qualified. That case went to the Supreme Court two weeks ago and (thankfully) was overturned.

Sotomayor is a racist and gun control fanatic. And neither has a place on the Supreme Court.

The greatest threat to freedom is ignorance.

Perhaps, instead of parroting others, you should actually read the source material.

@Freedom70 First, Sotomayor may not agree with your view on guns, but your rights are protected by that little amendment. A single judge will not and cannot take your precious guns away from you. Second, unlike the Supreme Court, she actually followed the LAW with the firefighters. You want to be mad at somebody about that, blame the state for making affirmative action laws apply to firefighters. I think its about time we have a Latina on the Supreme Court, since it is supposed to be a representation of the population. We're not there yet, but we're getting a little closer. I'm not even going to say anything about that stupid Rush comment above.

She is wonderful and you are so radically conservative its just gross!

She's a fantastic nominee to the the high court. Her lifetime accomplishments are incredible. She's a winner and she can provide some balance and diversity to the bench.

Great news for Utah-she is well respected-loved.

Does this surprise anyone that 20 Law Professors back Sotomayor? Not me. Liberal Law Professors will always support a liberal prospect.

I am sure that theses Professors have lost touch with the man on the street ages ago.

Too bad for the common man.

Jeez, all the imflammatory. We should all be able to agree that she probably will get confirmed, that she is liberal and an activist that might provide help to decisions that go beyond current constitution. We've got at least 3, perhaps 4 others on court that are the same way. Its hard to find an attorney that doesn't think he/she knows more than the founding fathers. Even Repub presidents have had trouble finding them.

"A single judge will not and cannot take your precious guns away from you."

Not true. The only reason the 2nd Amendment is still in tact is because of a SUPREME COURT DECISION from last year where it was upheld 5 to 4. That's right. 5 to 4. One judge made a world of difference.

And whoever it was claiming I was ignorant of "the facts," I love how you just threw that out there and ran for the hills without countering with any of YOUR "facts."

Wake up.

Based on her rulings, as influenced by her personal philosophy, not the law, she is not qualified to be a supreme court justice.

Why are people so surprised about this? I am pretty sure there are at least 20 Liberal judges in Utah.

Get prepared our rights are going out the window. No guns for sure.

Disgusted.

"The only reason the 2nd Amendment is still in tact is because of a SUPREME COURT DECISION from last year where it was upheld 5 to 4. That's right. 5 to 4. One judge made a world of difference."


The fallacy of statistics. It took 5 judges to uphold the decision, not 1. The difference was 1 judge, but it took all 5.

Or perhaps more simply put: Which judge was the difference?

Well, that settles that, anybody that drops-out of college can never be smart enough to think anything, they go along with the others that dare to question or voice an opinion ... ignorant peasant masses!

I will question anything & everything until I come to the conclusion I am comfortable with, because when you mix arrogance with ignorance you will have a volatile failure!

of course this is my uneducated opinion!

Folks, hang onto this list and remember who supported this activist, racist, anti-RKBA nominee in case any of them are ever appointed to a position here in Utah.

RE: ANON

Fine, let's do the math your way. 5 judges preserved our rights. 4 judges trampled them. 5 minus 4 is still what?

I suppose basic math is a fallacy in your world too.

Twenty liberal judges in Utah? I really don't think so.

What is the name of the 2nd Amendment case from last term?

I think she'll make a wonderful judge. She's smart, compassionate, and she has loads of experience. She's much more qualified than the last two pics on the High Court.

Sotomayor has had only 3 out 11 of her cases heard by the Supreme Court being upheld. 2 of which they unanimously rejected her reasoning, in other words she got the right answer by accident. So out of 11 cases she only correctly judged 1 right. That's a failure by my book.