A CURE FOR INSOMNIA

200 – Sunday, July 19, 2009

I watched the tiniest sliver of last week’s Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings of the first Hispanic/Latino for the post of Supreme Court Justice – most of the rest of you did as well – a true media snooze-fest if ever there was one. How deep did the panel probe into her adjudicatory prowess? Reminiscing over ‘growing up watching Perry Mason’, the Senate committee seemed to lack a decent decorum and completely missed (in my personal view) proper protocol in sizing up Ms. Sotomayor’s ability to rule impartially for the protection and preservation of our nation. But then, why should that surprise any of us? The recent public displays of our neo-class representatives reveal that they do not really ‘represent’ any of us! The adolescent antics of some only prove over and again that being a writer/actor on Saturday Night Live does not provide an adequate unbiased insight and springboard into high-performance government. But we must look at how they attained their luxurious pediments of pandemonium – uh, we voted them in. Perhaps these representatives really do exemplify the majority of the people who placed their misguided confidence in them. History pretty well records the fact that, amid all the pundit statements and oaths to provide fair, impartial, and non-partisan renderings in their decisions, once a justice is seated they vote pretty much they way they were expected to vote when they were nominated. So, what is the real value of these hearings? – Not much, unless, of course, you are contending with insomnia – then I would highly recommend a hefty dose!

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