In sixth grade I remember checking out books on Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and wanting to be like her when I grew-up. I figured I could be President first and then a Supreme Court Justice. Some point during high school I came to believe that Presidents really didn’t have as much power as supreme court justices and that I only I wanted to be a justice. I decided that like Thurgood Marshall I would stop as many government executions as possible. I would create laws that would directly effect Americans in the present and future.
Today, Obama selected what could become our first Latino (and it was a Latina to boot!) Supreme Court Justice, Judge Sonia Sotomayor. I am excited to see how our court evolves over the next 3.5 years (or 7.5?!)
This does not mean that we don’t have a battle still as Latinas and Latinos recall that just a few years ago that Sotomayor’s
… nomination was approved overwhelmingly by the Senate Judiciary Committee, but became “embroiled in the sometimes tortured judicial politics of the Senate,” as some Republicans said they did not want to consider the nomination because elevating Sotomayor to the Appeals Court would enhance her prospects of being appointed to the Supreme Court.[21][22] An anonymous senator put a secret hold on her nomination, blocking it for over a year. Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy called the length of the hold “disturbing,” “petty,” and “shameful,” also noting that at that time, “[o]f the 10 judicial nominees whose nominations have been pending the longest before the Senate, eight are women and racial or ethnic minority candidates.” (Sotomayor Wikipedia)
It is wonderful to take note that despite the hurdles, Judge Sotomayor does not turn her back on her Latina identity, as noted in her lecture given at the University of California in 2001.
Most of these posts have no comments. That’s because no one really cares.Take your ‘womyn’ for instance. No one gives a rat about uppity women except lesbians and trapped and abused stay at home moms yearning to see some light in their woes. Get a divocre and move already. Same with the ‘latino’ thing, no one cares. Everyone knows the US will be a latino county in a 10-20 years or so. So who cares? No man really wants a womyn, except as a friend They want a woman.
Of course, you’ll probably never approve this post, which only goes to show how timid you and other ‘womyn’ are. Were you an american woman, you’d fight back in your own words, and come close to winning.
I’d write more, but I’m tired.