Shouldn't Our Justices be Colorblind?

"She was part of a three-judge panel that decided a case recently argued before the Supreme Court about the validity of a civil-service exam for firefighters in New Haven, Conn. Ms. Sotomayor was part of a panel that decided the test could be deemed invalid because no minority applicants passed."

I take this to mean that in a case where the competence of job candidate is a potential life or death matter, she decided to throw out aptitude tests on the basis of tongue-in-cheek affirmative action ideals.

I personally don't care for any type of quotas or justice that involve race, but it sounds like Judge Sotomayor feels differently.

Oh, come on. Every human being on the planet has biases and views the world through his or her own experiences. Good judges do their best not to allow biases to affect their decisions in a way that is unfair to any party. But they aren't required to put aside the common sense they have learned from their own experience.

Of course judges shouldn't be biased by race, sex, culture etc. They should however show empathy for victims and those who are truly repentant. All judges are bound to give sentences according to the crime committed but they do take into account pleading guilty at first opportunity etc.

OMG! Here we go again.

Pres. Obama can sure pick the extremely-Radical-Marxist-closet racists can he?

I need to read that NYTimes article again, to make sure I wasnt hallucinating.