The nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for the United States Supreme Court is in. Face the Nation, Meet the Press and rest of the Sunday news are over. Both sides have had time to reflect upon the implications of Sotomayor’s nomination. And neither side has addressed the astonishing American Bar Association Report that Sotomayor is a member of La Raza...

“La Raza is a well known left-wing hate group which seeks to divide America on the basis of race and ethnicity,” said Al Garza , V.P. of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corp (MCDC).

“As a fifth generation ‘Hispanic-American’ I utterly reject their viewpoint.”  

La Raza supports a number of controversial viewpoints, including Open Border Policy, citizenship for the estimated 30-40 million Mexicans who have illegally entered America , and the concept of Aztlan, which promulgates the viewpoint the entire American southwest should be given back to Mexico or should somehow “break away” from America and form its own nation-state.

“The clearly stated, underlying philosophy of La Raza has not changed since the sixties,” said Garza. They believe: “For those of the race, (Hispanic) everything. For those outside the race, nothing.”

“This viewpoint which is based on the idea that a person’s race or ethnicity is the primary basis on which he should be judged is the exact opposite of the American Dream I support,” said Garza.

“I believe in the dream articulated by Martin Luther King; that someday, here in America , all of us will be judged by the content of our character and not by the color of our skin.”

Astonishing, in light of the clearly articulated principles of Dr. Martin Luther King, ‘Pro Raza’ philosophy now permeates American culture and finds wide acceptance in the media—even in light of Sotomayor’s now infamous statement that a “Wise Latina with the richness of her experience” could come to a more just decision than a white male judge.

Even more astonishing is the undeniable fact that any judge with preconceptions or bias, racial, cultural, gender or otherwise,  is in violation of the principles articulated in the Canons of Judicial Conduct, which require judges to not only avoid all bias and impropriety, but to avoid even the appearance of it.

Last year Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Ruth McGregor revealed her bias or political viewpoint when she forwarded to the lower courts a letter she received from “Los Abogados,” a left wing, Pro Raza legal association of Arizona lawyers, judges, policymakers, etc., which demanded that Arizona courts refrain from using “controversial” and “demeaning” terms such as “Illegal Aliens,” etc., along with her own letter of endorsement.

McGregor’s effort to influence the lower courts set off a political firestorm, including letters from angry citizens, inquiries from Arizona legislators and a protest on the front steps of the Arizona Supreme Court which McGregor took steps to block.

The result? McGregor was “cleared” by a rubber stamp board of inquiry on the same day she tendered her resignation as Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, citing “personal reasons and a desire to spend more time with her family,” more than a year before her term was due to expire.  

“Sotomayor’s membership in La Raza should be thoroughly examined,” said Garza. “Bias or partisanship may be common traits in politicians, but they have no place on the bench.

“Sotomayor may even be more qualified to be President than Obama. No one has raised any questions regarding her citizenship. But even though she may be the  ‘Wise Latina’ she says she is,  her clearly articulated Pro Raza bias should preclude her appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court.”