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turbinetree

(24,710 posts)
Wed Aug 8, 2018, 05:17 PM Aug 2018

Law Prof Declares 'Second-Rate Intellect' Sonia Sotomayor Only on Supreme Court for Her 'Latinaness'

by Ronn Blitzer | 3:15 pm, August 8th, 2018

University of Chicago Law Professor M. Todd Henderson recently got rid of Twitter for at least the second time this year after drawing backlash from inflammatory remarks. This time around, Henderson bashed Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, insulting her intelligence and alleging that she only got her job because of her ethnicity.

While Henderson’s tweet–and account–are no more, a screenshot captured it saying, “I’m old enough to remember when a second-class intellect like Sotomayor got onto the Court because her Latinaness gave her insight into her soul.”

Of course, that “second-class intellect” graduated from Yale Law School, and taught at NYU and Columbia Law Schools, and has served on the federal bench since 1992. In 2009, she took her seat on the High Court.

Needless to say, this didn’t go over very well, and after getting some less than supportive responses, Professor Henderson deactivated his Twitter account.

https://lawandcrime.com/crazy/law-prof-declares-second-rate-intellect-sonia-sotomayor-only-on-supreme-court-for-her-latinaness/

I have to ask how and why does this "guy" still have job at this college.............does he not have to take a yearly mandated and signed course of diversity and the laws against discrimination..............what the fuck is going on here..............if I was to do this at my former place of employment, one the company would come under federal review, two, the company could lose contracts, and then finally I would get fired for being a racists ......................Does this "college" take students that take out federal loans....................where in the fuck is that hypocrite DeVos.............chasing after her 65 foot yacht..................

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Law Prof Declares 'Second-Rate Intellect' Sonia Sotomayor Only on Supreme Court for Her 'Latinaness' (Original Post) turbinetree Aug 2018 OP
Let me guess dhol82 Aug 2018 #1
Thomas is the most unqualified SCOTUS justice in U.S. history. oasis Aug 2018 #12
Yup. dhol82 Aug 2018 #16
third-rate intellect gets media attention for his whiteness. unblock Aug 2018 #2
Could not say it better malaise Aug 2018 #15
Here's his faculty page VMA131Marine Aug 2018 #3
Univ. of Chicago is a top school. Sounds like the guy is jealous... brush Aug 2018 #10
Just great he teaches American Indian Law......................really.............. turbinetree Aug 2018 #11
My, that fella must be a young whippersnapper... JHB Aug 2018 #4
Academic freedom Loki Liesmith Aug 2018 #5
Read the Disqus responses. All the white trash and legal failures of the country are responding. TheBlackAdder Aug 2018 #6
Look at the articles snowybirdie Aug 2018 #7
What an ass. Hortensis Aug 2018 #8
He's a goddamn right-wing hack whoring for corporations dalton99a Aug 2018 #9
I fucking knew it had to be THIS guy. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2018 #13
Oh yeppie they make over $250,000...................and after $122,500.01 he /she don't turbinetree Aug 2018 #19
That's how they talk about us. Iggo Aug 2018 #14
Or they will just be glad that we actually believe in rule of law. Blue_true Aug 2018 #17
I hope we're NOT! maxrandb Aug 2018 #20
Chicago Law? It figures. Paladin Aug 2018 #18

oasis

(49,396 posts)
12. Thomas is the most unqualified SCOTUS justice in U.S. history.
Wed Aug 8, 2018, 05:54 PM
Aug 2018

You'd think a "professor" would start his rant using him for an example.

unblock

(52,285 posts)
2. third-rate intellect gets media attention for his whiteness.
Wed Aug 8, 2018, 05:23 PM
Aug 2018

looking forward to his explanation of why he's not on the court himself.

brush

(53,815 posts)
10. Univ. of Chicago is a top school. Sounds like the guy is jealous...
Wed Aug 8, 2018, 05:50 PM
Aug 2018

of a highly qualified woman, a Latina.

turbinetree

(24,710 posts)
11. Just great he teaches American Indian Law......................really..............
Wed Aug 8, 2018, 05:50 PM
Aug 2018

what does this jerk have to say about the Pine Ridge Reservation system and that economic system and other reservation systems of injustice, like voting suppression....................what am I missing here.....................

snowybirdie

(5,232 posts)
7. Look at the articles
Wed Aug 8, 2018, 05:41 PM
Aug 2018

he's written. All pro business and how to get around regulations. No pro bono experience either. Business ' best friend!

https://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/henderson

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
8. What an ass.
Wed Aug 8, 2018, 05:48 PM
Aug 2018

Indulgence of bad character traits leads to chronic self deception, which destroys intellect. Not that he'll ever understand that. Second class would be a big step up for him.

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,334 posts)
13. I fucking knew it had to be THIS guy.
Wed Aug 8, 2018, 06:09 PM
Aug 2018

I’m sure the University of Chicago has its fair share of assholes. But I recognized this one’s stench.


From 2010. I give you joe the plumber’s more educated asshole brother. Todd the professor:

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-09-23/business/ct-biz-0924-rich-blog-20100923_1_law-professor-blog-taxes



Earnings of more than $250,000 a year, but professor laments family just getting by
Professor's lament about possible tax hike draws firestorm of criticism

September 23, 2010|By Ameet Sachdev, Tribune reporter




Todd Henderson feels like he's barely making ends meet. He's a law professor at the University of Chicago. His wife's a doctor at the school's hospital. Their combined income exceeds $250,000. They have a nice house, a nanny, kids in private school, a retirement account and a lawn guy.

Wait. What's he talking about? A lot of people would consider him rich.

People have had some other choice words for the outspoken professor, who has been on the receiving end of a jolt of criticism in response to a blog posting last week in which ...


A quick look at our family budget, which I will happily share with the White House, will show him that, like many Americans, we are just getting by despite seeming to be rich. We aren't," Henderson wrote on the blog "Truth on the Market."

While Henderson meant for his posting to encourage a debate about taxes, it turned into a public flogging, characterizing him as out of touch or arrogant. More broadly, it has provoked a discussion about what it means to be rich, particularly in an economy where many people are suffering.

turbinetree

(24,710 posts)
19. Oh yeppie they make over $250,000...................and after $122,500.01 he /she don't
Wed Aug 8, 2018, 06:58 PM
Aug 2018

have too have pay into social security............but the peons like me on social security, have to pay for this asshole share and and then he gets great health care from the college while I have to pay for my medicare..............................

https://ucmcareers.com/benefits/

http://humanresources.uchicago.edu/benefits/

while some human beings are doing this asshole to help out there fellow human beings..................what are you doing whining.............


Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
17. Or they will just be glad that we actually believe in rule of law.
Wed Aug 8, 2018, 06:48 PM
Aug 2018

And won't figuratively kick their damned teeth in.

maxrandb

(15,345 posts)
20. I hope we're NOT!
Wed Aug 8, 2018, 07:13 PM
Aug 2018

I want to gerrymander the fuck out of rural 'Murika to where just two Retrumplican voters will have to travel 50 miles on election day to cast a ballot in the nearest cities mosque surrounded by South America and Central African immigrants.

I want to tear down their rural electrical lines and make them try to stream Limbaugh and Hannity on AOL dial up.

I want to tax the ever-loving piss out of the 1% and make them stand there as I give their taxes to every homeless Veteran I can find.

The first Dem or media pundit who asks; "how are you going to reach out to Dumfuckistan, 'Murika"? needs to get punched in the throat.

If Dems haven't learned that going high is over, they haven't been paying attention.

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