Otra vez m\u00e1s se le da las gracias por esta nominaci\u00f3n se\u00f1or Presidente. Tiene raz\u00f3n que Sonia Sotomayor representa lo lindo de este pa\u00eds…<\/p>\n
\nRemarks of President Barack Obama
\nWeekly Address
\nSaturday, May 30, 2009
\nWashington D.C.<\/p>\n
This week, I nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the U.S. Court of Appeals to replace Justice David Souter, who is retiring after nearly two decades on the Supreme Court. After reviewing many terrific candidates, I am certain that she is the right choice. In fact, there has not been a nominee in several generations who has brought the depth of judicial experience to this job that she offers.<\/p>\n
Judge Sotomayor\u2019s career began when she served as an Assistant District Attorney in New York, prosecuting violent crimes in America\u2019s largest city. After leaving the DA\u2019s office, she became a litigator, representing clients in complex international legal disputes. She was appointed to the U.S. District Court, serving six years as a trial judge where she presided over hundreds of cases. And most recently, she has spent eleven years on the U.S. Court of Appeals, our nation\u2019s second highest court, grappling with some of the most difficult constitutional and legal issues we face as a nation. She has more experience on the federal bench than any incoming Supreme Court Justice in the past 100 years. Quite simply, Judge Sotomayor has a deep familiarity with our judicial system from almost every angle.<\/p>\n
And her achievements are all the more impressive when you consider what she had to overcome in order to achieve them. Judge Sotomayor grew up in a housing project in the South Bronx; her parents came to New York from Puerto Rico during the Second World War. Her father was a factory worker with a third grade education; when she was just nine years old, he passed away. Her mother worked six days a week as a nurse to provide for her and her brother, buying the only set of encyclopedias in the neighborhood and sending her children to Catholic school. That\u2019s what made it possible for Judge Sotomayor to attend two of America\u2019s leading universities, graduating at the top of her class at Princeton University, and studying at Yale Law School where she won a prestigious post as an editor of the school\u2019s Law Journal.<\/p>\n
These many years later, it was hard not to be moved by Judge Sotomayor\u2019s mother, sitting in the front row at the White House, her eyes welling with tears, as her daughter \u2013 who had come so far, for whom she sacrificed so much \u2013 was nominated to the highest court in the land.<\/p>\n
And this is what makes Judge Sotomayor so extraordinary. Even as she has reached the heights of her profession, she has never forgotten where she began. She has faced down barriers, overcome difficult odds, and lived the American dream. As a Justice of the Supreme Court, she will bring not only the experience acquired over the course of a brilliant legal career, but the wisdom accumulated over the course of an extraordinary journey \u2013 a journey defined by hard work, fierce intelligence, and the enduring faith that, in America, all things are possible.<\/p>\n
It is her experience in life and her achievements in the legal profession that have earned Judge Sotomayor respect across party lines and ideological divides. She was originally named to the U.S. District Court by the first President Bush, a Republican. She was appointed to the federal Court of Appeals by President Clinton, a Democrat. She twice has been overwhelmingly confirmed by the U.S. Senate. And I am gratified by the support for this nomination voiced by members of the legal community who represent views from across the political spectrum.<\/p>\n
There are, of course, some in Washington who are attempting to draw old battle lines and playing the usual political games, pulling a few comments out of context to paint a distorted picture of Judge Sotomayor\u2019s record. But I am confident that these efforts will fail; because Judge Sotomayor\u2019s seventeen-year record on the bench \u2013 hundreds of judicial decisions that every American can read for him or herself \u2013 speak far louder than any attack; her record makes clear that she is fair, unbiased, and dedicated to the rule of law. As a fellow judge on her court, appointed by Ronald Reagan, said recently, “I don\u2019t think I\u2019d go as far as to classify her in one camp or another. I think she just deserves the classification of outstanding judge.”<\/p>\n
Congress returns this week and I hope the confirmation process will begin without delay. No nominee should be seated without rigorous evaluation and hearing; I expect nothing less. But what I hope is that we can avoid the political posturing and ideological brinksmanship that has bogged down this process, and Congress, in the past. Judge Sotomayor ought to be on the bench when the Supreme Court decides what cases to hear this year and I\u2019m calling on Democrats and Republicans to be thorough, and timely in dealing with this nomination.<\/p>\n
As President, there are few responsibilities more serious or consequential than the naming of a Supreme Court Justice. The members of our highest court are granted life tenure. They are charged with applying principles put to paper more than two centuries ago to some of the most difficult questions of our time. And the impact of their decisions extends beyond an administration, but for generations to come.<\/p>\n
This is a decision that I have not taken lightly and it is one that I am proud to have made. I know that Justice Sotomayor will serve this nation with distinction. And when she ascends those marble steps to assume her seat on the Supreme Court, bringing a lifetime of experience on and off the bench, America will have taken another important step toward realizing the ideal that is chiseled above its entrance: Equal justice under the law.<\/p>\n
Thanks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
En el discurso semanal de hoy el presidente Obama sali\u00f3 con el machete desembainado para defender su nominada al Tribunal Supremo -Sonia Sotomayor-. Y es que Obama le da c\u00e1tedra a sus cr\u00edticos de una manera tan elocuente y con clase. Casi que han de pensar que les est\u00e1 tirando flores en vez de lajazos… Es que las personas de la derecha han sacado su lado feo y lleno de escoria contra la jueza Sotomayor. Su delito: ser latina, haber vivido en viviendo p\u00fablica, ser inteligente, haber ido a unas de las instituciones m\u00e1s buenas del pa\u00eds, tener muchos a\u00f1os de experiencia y ser orgullosa de sus ra\u00edces. Por estar orgullosa de ser latina la acusan de ser racista. httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_Zhlm9ya8fQ YouTube – Weekly Address: President Obama on Judge Sotomayors Experience. Otra vez m\u00e1s se le da las gracias por esta nominaci\u00f3n se\u00f1or Presidente. Tiene raz\u00f3n que Sonia Sotomayor representa lo lindo de este pa\u00eds…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[23,448,510,29,621,397],"class_list":["post-3900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","tag-barack-obama","tag-discurso-semanal","tag-potus","tag-racism","tag-sonia-sotomayor","tag-tribunal-supremo"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaravilla.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaravilla.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaravilla.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaravilla.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaravilla.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lamaravilla.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lamaravilla.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaravilla.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lamaravilla.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}