Fox's Wallace says Sessions did a "brilliant job," Sotomayor's statements "pretty indefensible"
July 14, 2009 5:15 pm ET
From Fox News' live coverage of the July 14 confirmation hearing for Sonia Sotomayor:
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SESSIONS: But the statement was, "I willingly accept that we who judge must not deny the differences resulting from experience and heritage, but continuously to judge when those opinions, sympathies and prejudices are appropriate." That's exactly opposite of what you're saying, is it not?
SOTOMAYOR: I don't believe so, Senator, because all I was saying is, because we have feelings and different experiences, we can be led to believe that our experiences are appropriate. We have to be open- minded to accept that they may not be, and that we have to judge always that we're not letting those things determine the outcome. But there are situations in which some experiences are important in the process of judging, because the law asks us to use those experiences.
SESSIONS: Well, I understand that, but let me just follow up that you say in your statement that you want to do what you can to increase the faith and the impartiality of our system, but isn't it true this statement suggests that you accept that there may be sympathies, prejudices and opinions that legitimately can influence a judge's decision? And how can that further faith in the impartiality of the system?
SOTOMAYOR: I think the system is strengthened when judges don't assume they're impartial, but when judges test themselves to identify when their emotions are driving a result, or their experience are driving a result and the law is not.
SESSIONS: I agree with that.
His father isn't dead, and even so, I'll bet there's still a spinning sound coming from his future grave.
The press is pushing and inciting each side to go after each other and insisting on RED MEAT statements and nastiness.
So, in the mind of Fox News & the lesser Wallace, attacking with disregard to your own hypocracy, is MANDATORY.
Yeah . . . given the events of the previous presidential misAdministration, I can see why Chrissy would think the above statement is "pretty indefensible" . . .