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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 Hendersons tweetand accountare no more, a screenshot captured it saying, Im 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 didnt 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..................
dhol82
(9,353 posts)I will bet he is a republican and strongly supports Clarence Thomas.
oasis
(49,396 posts)You'd think a "professor" would start his rant using him for an example.
Thomas and his wife are two of the creepier people in DC.
unblock
(52,285 posts)looking forward to his explanation of why he's not on the court himself.
malaise
(269,134 posts)Racist asshole
VMA131Marine
(4,145 posts)Note that nowhere does it show that he is an expert in Constitutional Law
brush
(53,815 posts)of a highly qualified woman, a Latina.
turbinetree
(24,710 posts)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.....................
JHB
(37,161 posts)...because he doesn't remember Clarence Thomas.
Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)He can say lots of obnoxious things and his job is safe. Which is a good thing.
TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts)snowybirdie
(5,232 posts)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)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.
dalton99a
(81,565 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,334 posts)Im sure the University of Chicago has its fair share of assholes. But I recognized this ones stench.
From 2010. I give you joe the plumbers more educated asshole brother. Todd the professor:
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)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.............
Iggo
(47,563 posts)I hope we're nicer than that when we're in the majority.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)And won't figuratively kick their damned teeth in.
maxrandb
(15,345 posts)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.
Paladin
(28,269 posts)Go light a candle for Scalia, Prof. Henderson. And do it very quietly.