https://supergee.dreamwidth.org/ Arthur D. Hlavaty - Dreamwidth Studios Wed, 02 Jul 2014 12:40:46 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios supergee personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/109189/156313 https://supergee.dreamwidth.org/ 100 75 https://supergee.dreamwidth.org/1245748.html Wed, 02 Jul 2014 12:40:46 GMT https://supergee.dreamwidth.org/1245748.html <a href="http://www.thenation.com/article/180302/jed-rakoff-and-lonely-fight-wall-street-justice?page=0,1">Judge Jed Rakoff</a><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=supergee&ditemid=1245748" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://supergee.dreamwidth.org/1245748.html judges public 1 https://supergee.dreamwidth.org/16852.html Thu, 28 May 2009 10:45:53 GMT https://supergee.dreamwidth.org/16852.html Some people can't tell how to pronounce her name just by looking at it.<br /><br />Although she is a Hispanic woman, her first name is not Maria.<br /><br />Unlike white males, she has a race and a gender.<br /><br />She has empathy. (Presumably the ideal judge is a psychopath, though in a pinch we could settle for a person with autism.)<br /><br />She once said that being Hispanic helps her understand things better, a far more racist statement than any white judge has ever made. <br /><br />Her picture, like that of Jessica Valenti, inspires unwholesome thoughts in Ann Althouse. (Having been raised Freudian, I am tempted to think that all Ms. Althouse needs is the love of a good woman, but I'm sure it's more complicated than that.)<br /><br />Meanwhile, from the other side of the field, the people who are pissed off that Obama still hasn't instated the dictatorship of the proletariat are saying that she's really conservative.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=supergee&ditemid=16852" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://supergee.dreamwidth.org/16852.html judges public 1