Sotomayor’s Sharp Tongue Raises Issue of Temperament (NYT)

[struggle4progress]

Sotomayor’s Sharp Tongue Raises Issue of Temperament
By JO BECKER and ADAM LIPTAK
Published: May 28, 2009

WASHINGTON — Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, has a blunt and even testy side, and it was on display in December at an argument before the full federal appeals court in New York. The case concerned a Canadian man who said American officials had sent him to Syria to be tortured, and Judge Sotomayor peppered a government lawyer with skeptical questions ... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/us/politics/29judge.html?_r=1&hp

These are frightening allegations. SCOTUS is revered around the world for the balanced judicial temperament of its justices. Surely all good men shudder at the possibility that we might put a shrewish ill-tempered bitchy harridan on our highest court

Justice Scalia Defends Cheney Trip
Hints He Will Not Recuse Himself From SCOTUS Case Involving VP
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2004 | by Dan Collins
... Scalia said .. "This was a government issue. It's acceptable practice to socialize with executive branch officials when there are not personal claims against them. That's all I'm going to say for now. Quack, quack" ... http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/18/politics/main607115.shtml

Antonin Scalia's Obscene Gesture
Friday March 31, 2006
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia stirred up a rather hilarious controversy this week when he allegedly dropped an F-bomb inside the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston.
... he looked directly into the lens of a photographer and said, "To my critics, I say, 'Vaffanculo,'" a colorful Italian expletive that translates to this. The sometimes cantankerous justice punctuated the remark by flicking his right hand out from under his chin. Scalia disputed the account and insisted the gesture was not offensive, but the photo suggests otherwise ... http://politicalhumor.about.com/b/2006/03/31/antonin-scalias-obscene-gesture.htm

Scalia's Temper Rises Again
Legal Analyst Andrew Cohen Takes Issue With "Justice Nasty"
Feb. 5, 2009 | by Andrew Cohen
... Tuesday afternoon, Scalia showed again just how easy it is to set him off when a college student asked him a reasonable, even poignant question about accessibility to the workings of the Supreme Court. Here is how the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel chronicled the incident:Student Sarah Jeck stood in front of 750 people and asked Scalia why cameras are not allowed in the U.S. Supreme Court even though the court hearings are open, transcripts are available and the court's justices are open enough to go ‘out on book tours.’ ‘Read the next question,' Scalia replied. ‘That's a nasty, impolite question.’ ... Indeed, the only person who was nasty and impolite was Scalia, who no doubt was feeling defensive because his appearance in South Florida was, in fact, tied to a book tour. Turns out that Justice Nasty is hawking a book called “Making Your Case” that he co-authored with a fellow named Bryan Garner. These unseemly book tours, and the publicity and marketing that comes with them, are part of the new normal at the Court. Justice Clarence Thomas, for example, won’t ask a single question from the bench. But he’s Chatty Kathy when he’s hawking his memoirs ... http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/05/opinion/courtwatch/main4777299.shtml

[DonCoquixote]

1. In other words

Because she is a woman with an opinion, she gets considered a B--tch.

[DesertFlower]

2. exactly. nt

[monmouth]

14. If she were male it would be described as "aggressive."....n/t

[marmar]

3. The New York Times, parroting right-wing memes, raises issues of temperment.....

:argh:

[tom_paine]

7. Oh, that "Liberal Media"! Catapulting the Bushiganda, as always!

Reverse psychology, don't you see?

The GOP-M$M is everywhere, especially among the laughably misnamed "Liberal Media".

I like Bartcop's name for the NYT "The Old Grey Whore" (apologies to hard-working prostitutes for slandering them by connecting the with the NYT)

[pscot]

4. Funny how that works

If she were male, she'd be praised for her "acerbic wit", or the fact that she "doesn't suffer fools..".

[bemildred]

5. NYT cements its new role as a right wing propaganda organ.

Judges are not supposed to be passive tools. Yet another reason to throw those solicitations to get the NYT in the trash.

[tom_paine]

8. "New" role?

Judith Miller and the venemous liars who "covered" Gore 2000 come to mind.

No, this is nothing new. Sadly.

[bemildred]

9. True. My bad. nt

[Merlot]

6. How dare she????

Seriously, I can't even read this article.

I know how much judgment is heaped upon women daily. And a lot of the people who do it aren't even aware it's sexist. They just think they're making a neutral comment on someones personality. One that they would never make toward a man.

[Are_grits_groceries]

10. Antonin Scalia has the temperment of a wasp.

He even has called out other justices at times. I find it hypocritical that they bring this up. And the lawyers are not so enamored of her??? Boo fricking hoo! Get over it and be ready to answer. If they can't handle it, then let somebody else appear who can.

[IndianaGreen]

11. Scalia has a sharp tongue as well, but he is a man

so he is held to a different standard as a woman would.

[hotnuke]

12. struggle4progress

I can't help but notice that the italicized passage referring to Sotomayor must be YOUR assertions, since it's not part of the story excerpted and linked to.

So, you're one of the morons who actually believe there's substance to these lame accusations that Sotomayor is a "terror on the bench"?...lol

[struggle4progress]

13. I confess I wrote the "shrewish harridan" line: the rest in italics are excerpts from various pieces

about Scalia, which I included for some reason or other

[bemildred]

15. "shrewish ill-tempered bitchy harridan" fits Scalia remarkably well. nt

[struggle4progress]

16. .

:D

[Doctor_J]

17. Are they printing this under Rove's by-line

or was it ghost written?