real time 20090529

Jon Stuart was off this week, so the only political news comedy show was real time.

Sotomayor figured prominently in their discussion. John Bolton (total jerk) read off the oath of office in order to make the point that justice would be blind to the identity of the parties involved. However, I think that the oath does not mean that you don't take your perspective of the situation based on your background. I think that was the point that Sotomayor made in mentioning her ethnicity, that it made her view the world in a way that is still lacking in the supreme court. Because judges don't make judgments in a vacuum, they make it from evidence, precedence, and most importantly their judgment which was built with their upbringing. In a way, I feel that attacking Sotomayor for that statement is akin to attacking that they're not brought up in an "appropriate" environment and world