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Hekate

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61. He's only one person, albeit a cockroach

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Sun Apr 10, 2016, 11:56 PM

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Sotomayor: Too Many Catholics, Jews, on the Supreme Court [View all] Purveyor Apr 2016 OP

I certaintly agree with her about diversity of background kcjohn1 Apr 2016 #1

I agree with her that they need somebody with a criminal defense background. hollowdweller Apr 2016 #42

Yep, insider's club. As Thomas Frank said, they consider... drokhole Apr 2016 #56

Sounds like Kelly. rug Apr 2016 #2

An unfortunate statement, which sounds like bigotry bhikkhu Apr 2016 #3

Very True Kokonoe Apr 2016 #21

Sometimes my geniticals.... HillareeeHillaraah Apr 2016 #27

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They choose their religion and schooling. Fair assessment AllyCat Apr 2016 #28

People are born into their religion bhikkhu Apr 2016 #36

Raised Catholic. Changed when I realized it was an anti-woman anti-gay clearinghouse AllyCat Apr 2016 #37

People are not born into their religion Crash2Parties Apr 2016 #63

So, accepting one particularl narrow dogma vs others doesn't reflect your thinking ? eppur_se_muova Apr 2016 #30

Nothing bigoted about it. passiveporcupine Apr 2016 #34

Diversity is good, but you have to look at people as individuals to see it bhikkhu Apr 2016 #38

I agree you can't go completely by labels passiveporcupine Apr 2016 #50

It is a way of thinking Crash2Parties Apr 2016 #62

Personally, RobinA Apr 2016 #68

We should break out of that mold. Hortensis Apr 2016 #4

There are 3 woman out of 9. We probably need 1 more for sure. 2 for a majority yeoman6987 Apr 2016 #8

White population isn't 77% jonestonesusa Apr 2016 #13

That's because you're weighting things for non-white. Igel Apr 2016 #40

There's ambiguity in the numbers, of course jonestonesusa Apr 2016 #72

That I disagree with rpannier Apr 2016 #17

I'd have no problem with a majority. :) Hortensis Apr 2016 #39

Reminiscent of the "papist" attacks on JFK. Nye Bevan Apr 2016 #5

How so? How is what she said any different than what members of DU are saying . . . Major Hogwash Apr 2016 #23

I assume she is one if the Catholics. Lucky Luciano Apr 2016 #25

Since the GP seems to have 2naSalit Apr 2016 #6

It's time for the SCOTUS to have its first Asian-American justice! And UCLA Law School grad! Califonz Apr 2016 #7

And she really needs to be rock Apr 2016 #9

Said the Catholic. Lancero Apr 2016 #10

Yeah, I was wondering when she was going to convert Cassiopeia Apr 2016 #12

Integrity. Octafish Apr 2016 #11

.that^ 840high Apr 2016 #55

What the hell is diversity? Initech Apr 2016 #14

"everyone from an Ivy League school" - not just from "an Ivy League school"... PoliticAverse Apr 2016 #15

And we've had more than our share of white male LuckyLib Apr 2016 #16

Will she step down in the hopes of being replaced by a Protestant, Muslim, Hindu, or atheist? Eric J in MN Apr 2016 #18

Did you change the headline of the article for some reason? oberliner Apr 2016 #19

Uh nope. Eom Purveyor Apr 2016 #22

Where did you get the "Too Many Catholics, Jews" headline from? oberliner Apr 2016 #31

What difference does it make? eom Purveyor Apr 2016 #33

WTF Skittles Apr 2016 #57

Another source with same title: Purveyor Apr 2016 #59

well post THAT source then Skittles Apr 2016 #64

No. Purveyor Apr 2016 #70

I want an atheist. Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2016 #20

Choose me. Choose me greiner3 Apr 2016 #26

Would love love love to see an atheist on the S.C. Never going to happen. callous taoboy Apr 2016 #24

Probably has been so in the past, before the days when a religious test started being applied... Hekate Apr 2016 #45

I Don't Know? The Protestants Brought Us that Work Ethic Thing mckara Apr 2016 #29

I could go for a staunch Atheist... TipTok Apr 2016 #35

Yup. About time for that. nt Lucky Luciano Apr 2016 #41

All from the Ivy League, too. She knows there are other great law schools in the nation.... Hekate Apr 2016 #43

Two of the justices are from California and attended Stanford (Kennedy and Breyer) oberliner Apr 2016 #46

Need another two; how's that? Hekate Apr 2016 #47

How about an atheist from a public school. JRLeft Apr 2016 #44

University of California is definitely a "public school." Hekate Apr 2016 #48

UC Berkeley is not far from me. JRLeft Apr 2016 #49

UCB's law school, Boalt, is infected with the likes of John Yoo Brother Buzz Apr 2016 #54

He's only one person, albeit a cockroach Hekate Apr 2016 #61

She's right about the Ivy League schools aspect. villager Apr 2016 #51

A Muslim on the court would be great mwrguy Apr 2016 #52

Diversity? northernsouthern Apr 2016 #53

headline is misleading, she is calling for greater diversity in many areas JI7 Apr 2016 #58

On the other hand I certainly would detest to sadoldgirl Apr 2016 #60

The thing is, religion should not be relevant to decision-making on the Supreme Court LeftishBrit Apr 2016 #65

Agreed, and really wish Obama had nominated a gay atheist. Scuba Apr 2016 #66

Replace them all with a Super Computer, just feed in both sides of the argument, yortsed snacilbuper Apr 2016 #67

I dream of a day when they are all atheists. nt Javaman Apr 2016 #69

In My Opinion itcfish Apr 2016 #71