You be the Judge

[sheshe2]

Obama nominates second gay black judge to federal bench



After his first attempt to nominate an out African-American judge to the federal bench was blocked by Sen. Marco Rubio, President Barack Obama announced Wednesday his intent to try again. According to a release from the White House, Obama will nominate Darrin Gayles to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Gayles, who has served as a circuit court judge for Florida’s 11th Judicial Circuit since 2011 and previously served as a county judge for the same circuit from 2004 to 2011, was endorsed by the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund for his bid for re-election in 2012. If confirmed, Gayles, much like Thomas before him, would become the first out black man in the nation’s history to serve on the federal bench.

http://theobamadiary.com/

[loudsue]

1. So...let me get this right: minorities and gays and women are never corporatists? Just white dudes?

So Senator Warren is wrong? What am I missing?

[William769]

4. What am I missing?

Where does Senator Warren figure in here?

[loudsue]

6. Here ya go

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024455380

[William769]

8. I still don't get it.

He's been in public life since 1993 and given his age...

So I ask again where does that figure into the equation with Senator Warren?

Is this going to be like pulling teeth where I have to try to pry the information out of you?

One thing I am looking at is I have been low man on the totem pole for far to long and yes that has figured into my equation.

[cui bono]

15. Well what good does it do to get minorities in better positions if they just represent corporate

interests?

I'm a woman and I don't want Hilary as our president just to have a female president since she's way too corporate.

[William769]

17. No one has shown me where this man has corporate interests.

Must I go on pulling teeth?

[Drunken Irishman]

22. Because Obama appointed him! Duh!

[cui bono]

30. Which man?

[William769]

34. Darrin Gayles. NT

[sheshe2]

19. I have not had a chance to look into their backgrounds cui...

Have you? It's late for me and I have to work tomorrow. Will check more later.

Yet for Darrin Gayles

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrin_P._Gayles

[sheshe2]

16. You are not now and never will be the low man on the totem pole!

I am so sorry that you have ever been treated or made to feel that way, William.

It breaks my heart.

[William769]

18. Thats one of the reasons I love you so much!

In a friendly way of course.


P.S. Watch this to get a sense of where I'm coming from.

[sheshe2]

20. Panti Bliss, thank you William.

That was poignant.

I met my first gay couple when I was about five. My parents introduced me. The owner of a restaurant and one of his waiters. They were always invited to our cottage in Truro . Sure I was young at the time, what the hell did I know? Yet it was acceptance, my parents knew. It made no difference, not then or now. Guess what that was a million years ago William. I am 61 years old. Accceptance by some then...yet we have to fight the battles all over again.

My dad was born in Provincetown. I spent a good portion of my summers there. I know. I really do.

You William are such a sweetheart.

[sheshe2]

21. And~

Bernice Donald

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernice_B._Donald

Carolyn McHuge

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_B._McHugh

Susan Carney

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_L._Carney

I picked a few randomly...

to late for more

[sheshe2]

7. I don't know all there backgrounds yet...

[Scootaloo]

28. But their blanket identities are on the checklist, so yay?

Tokenism is not progressivism, Sheshe.

Well, okay, maybe it IS. Let me rephrase.

Tokenism is not liberalism, Sheshe.

Like you, I don't claim to know these nominees. Fair enough, we're both in the dark. But you seem to have it in your head that their racial, gender, or sexual identities are "good enough." Who needs to know anything more, apparently?

That one has a lot of melanin, that one doesn't have a dick, that one is living with someone who's the same sex, so OF COURSE their opinions, positions, and achievements don't actually matter - you're not after results, you're just trying to fill cast slots on a Saturday night sitcom.

But yaaaaay.

[JackInGreen]

31. Totally off topic

but do you know how badly I've wanted to make a DiamondTiara handle JUST to troll you with?
All in good fun and sport, but jeeez, make a brony want to be bad.

[Scootaloo]

32. I have the perfect sig for you!

(Brattiness intensifies)

[Whisp]

2. K&R! ty she.

[sheshe2]

3. You are welcome Whisp!

[William769]

5. Thanks.

Take your pick Racism or Homophobia or both?

[sheshe2]

9. Sad to say that they both seem to be running

neck to neck.

The women folk, poor lost souls that they are. They can't seem to see the forest for the trees unless the old shriveled menz of the GOP tell what to do. Sigh, sad that we lost our collective minds and that we must wait for their sage advice.

Love ya William!

[William769]

11. Right back atcha!

[sheshe2]

12. Aaaah~

[Cha]

10. Great Graphics of who President Obama is

nominating for judges, she.. thank you! I have a feeling they all are wise and good at what they do.

More on Judge Darrin Gayles from your link..

"Gayles served as an assistant district counsel at the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service from 1997 to 1998 and as an assistant state attorney in the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office from 1993 to 1997. He is a graduate of George Washington University Law School and Howard University.

According to Victory Fund press secretary Steven Thai, Gayles is a "qualified jurist who will also add diversity to the federal bench" and, if confirmed, "will reflect the talent and commitment that exists in communities that are underrepresented in public service."

http://www.metroweekly.com/poliglot/2014/02/obama-nominates-second-gay-black-judge-to-federal.html

http://theobamadiary.com/2014/02/06/rise-and-shine-738/

[sheshe2]

13. Amazing is it not Cha!

African American, Latino, Openly Gay, Native American, Asian American and Women!

Creating a judicial pool for that resembles the Nation it serves!

Thanks for the link!

[Cha]

14. Exactly!

[Drunken Irishman]

23. Obama appointed the man who is trying to bring marriage equality to Utah!

[Cha]

24. Who is that, DI?

[Drunken Irishman]

26. Robert Shelby. He ruled Utah's ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional.

It's currently in the appeals process.

[Cha]

27. Yay President Obama and Judge Robert Shelby.. Thanks DI!

[JDPriestly]

25. Race, gender and sexual preference are not the only important factors in appointing judges.

Elizabeth Warren is a lawyer and understands the importance of having a lawyers that represent different legal experiences on the bench. It is important to have some criminal defense attorneys as well as some former prosecutors, some lawyers who have defended corporations as well as some who have represented plaintiffs in lawsuits. In law it is not just a matter of having racial, gender, etc. diversity. You need to have diversity in terms of the legal experience of the lawyers appointed to the judiciary. That is how you get fairness for all who appear and are tried or bring claims tot he court. (Think Clarence Thomas.)

In fact, a judge of one race who has primarily represented the interests of people of another race in his practice as a lawyer may bring great balance and fairness to his judgments of people of all races. A lawyer's job is to represent his client, not to indulge in his own prejudices. Judges with a more balanced experience during their years practicing law will, hopefully, be more balanced in their approach to the cases that are tried before them.

In truth, a lot of judges are appointed for political reasons, because they belong to the right crowd or the right political party and not because they are really suited for the judiciary. And that is detrimental to all of us.

Has Obama appointed any ACLU lawyers? How many lawyers who have worked for public interest firms has he appointed? I do not know. Does anyone?

[longship]

29. As always, she...

A hearty R& for your post.

[Scuba]

33. Elizabeth Warren: We Need to Stop Packing the Courts With Corporate Judges

http://m.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/02/elizabeth-warren-judicial-nominations-brennan-center

Of Obama's judicial nominations so far, just ten—fewer than four percent—have worked as lawyers at public interest organizations, according to a report released Thursday by the Alliance for Justice, a network of civil rights organizations. Only 10 nominees have had experience representing workers in labor disputes. Eighty-five percent have been either corporate attorneys or prosecutors.