Sotomayor Says Justice System is a Joke

Setting a “supreme” example for all Americans selected to jury duty, recently appointed Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor, was summoned to jury duty this week. After throwing away several letters, she finally appeared when she received the threat of facing serious penalties, “whatever that means” she said. She exhausted a list of excuses to be relieved of her civil duty, fabricating an infirm grandmother, claiming she has “psychological problems”, sciatica issues, and she didn’t think she “could be fair and impartial if the defendant was white”. No, I’m not making this up. She then goes on to say, “The guy is totally guilty, by the way. You can tell just by looking at him”. Therefore, the defendant is probably white. She adds, “this all just goes to show what a huge joke the justice system is”. Has she heard that she works for the justice system?

Adding to her list of complaints, she claims the payout at $80 a day isn’t nearly enough to cover living expenses. Hopefully, her $208,100 salary as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court can assist with her financial troubles. Sotomayor additionally complains, “It’s so boring. I’m totally daydreaming most of the time,” she continues “Honestly, I don’t know how anyone could possibly pay attention to all that testimony and evidence and legal mumbo jumbo all day long.”

Justice system aside for the moment, this interview is a joke. As President Obama’s nominated Associate Justice, Sotomayor publicly claiming psychological problems and professing racism is not going help resolve the issues in the justice system or the American civil duty as a juror for that matter. How did she qualify for jury duty, let alone the Supreme Court?

As if Sotomayor had a choice, she has accepted serving as a juror and she prays “to God this thing doesn’t make it all the way to the Supreme Court.” Is she done talking yet?