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September 08, 2010 10:27 PM UTC
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Because she is Hispanic like Alberto Gonzales? Or because she’s gay like Ken Mehlman?*
*ok, I’m sure she is gay in a very different way then Mehlman, but, you know, gay.
I’m sure we’ll hear soon.
And deserves to be said more.
If Ritter had appointed a black person and the response was “He’ll certainly pull the Court to the left,” that would be … well, at a minimum it would be engaging in stereotyping. Clarence Thomas is black, and no one would accuse him of pulling the U.S. Supreme Court to the left.
because she’s a liberal without foundation. The supreme court is already politically left. She’ll just help them out.
because the Justice she replaces, Chief Justice Mary Mullarkey, is leader of the court’s three-member “liberal” block, which includes Alex Martinex and Michael Bender.
There are two “swing” judges, Gregory Hobbs (he who unknowingly authored Scott McInnis’ articles about water law and policy in Colorado) and Nancy Rice. Both “call ’em as they see ’em”)
There are two Republicans — Nathan B. Coats and Allison Eid — who can be called the conservative bloc.
Most court opinions, however, are non -ideological and Colorado is blessed to have seven outstanding jurists on the high court.
It’s no accident, but a result of the merit system appointment process that has avoided scandal like West Virginia’s notorious Caperton case for more than 40 years.
If Colorado repulses the extreme right-wing cuckoo clock “Clear the Bench” campaign, we will continue to be seen as one of the national leaders in quality, non-partisan, honest judiciaries.
Think hard — when was the last time you heard of a case involving a corrupt judge in Colorado?
Marquez seems likely to continue this tradition of non-partisan justice.
She graduated from Grand Junction High.
on the Court will come out?
You should be ashamed of yourself.
Ritter should thank the nominating commission. He had three very strong, able candidates and couldn’t go wrong with any of them. Monica is incredibly smart and will do a great job.
Who cares?
I would hope that we were past this crap by now.
Is she a good student of the law?
Is she fair?
Is she smart?
we are “past this crap by now”, but we are not. Hoping doesn’t make it real.
You can still be dishonorably discharged from the military for being gay. You can still be fired from your job in half of the states in the union for being gay and have no recourse.
As to your other questions, I doubt she would have been shortlisted were the questions not affirmatively answered.
But I was hoping that the contributors to ColoradoPols would at least be past this.
We aren’t past it. And we are ready to defend her.
Sorry, but society is what it is. OK, maybe not society, but Republicans.
Read: DaveBarnes, Automaticftp…
I hope you didn’t hurt yourself coming up with it.
My comment on Monica pulling the court to the left had nothing whatsoever to do with her gender, ethnicity, or sexual orientation–you, yourself, inferred all that all by yourself. Well done.
My comment was based on knowing her and her beliefs, which color her (and every other judge/justice) reasoning and ultimate decisions.
do not exist in a vaccum….again, hoping does not make it real.
Everyone who says or implies otherwise can suck it…but good.
Your next Supreme Court Justice is . . .
Think this might be about something other than who is the most qualified based on experience?
Think the pool for qualified minorities in the Colorado judiciary is kind of thin?
An assistant AG?
current supreme court justices did not have any prior judicial experience…so why would is this suddenly a prerequisite only when a gay latina is appointed?
You know, just a ho-hum, unqualified candidate.
Without speaking to her qualifications, she’s a Deputy AG, not an Asst. There are about 150 Asst. AGs. They are called “line attorneys.” Many have lots of experience; some have little. They report to First Assistant AGs. There are about 25 of those. Almost all have extensive experience. The Firsts report to the Deputies. There are about five of those. These are high profile, frequently political positions. That Ms. Marquez was able to secure an appointment as one says a lot about her reputation as an attorney, as well as AG Suthers willingness to overlook (presumed — I have no idea about her political views) different politics when hiring for upper-level positions.
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It is not at all unusual for lawyers without judicial experience to be appointed to the appellate bench.
Here in Colorado, 5 of the 7 current justices of the state supreme court were appointed to that job with no prior judicial experience.
Many members of the federal judiciary, including quite a few justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, came to the appellate bench with no judicial experience. The most recent examples from the U.S. Supreme Court are Justice Elena Kagan and the late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist.
Oh, yes, then there are famous and respected judges like Justice Hugo Black, Justice William O. Douglas, and Justice Louis Brandeis, just to name a few.
Judicial experience is not the only credential that matters when it comes time to choose appellate judges.
Ideologically she is about where the person she succeeds is. Monica Marquez is a great lawyer and an outstanding choice