When I read the allegation that 60% of Judge Sotomayor's decisions were overturned on appeal, I thought to myself that no judge with that kind of record would ever be nominated for the Supreme Court. Given the criticism that would occur in the nomination hearings, such a nomination would have been a lunatic move by any President. Such a record would surely result in the nomination being rejected.

I kind of thought that the 60% allegation fell into the same category as the claim that only Chrysler dealers who were Republicans were closed in the bankruptcy. It was posted here for the same reason as the claim of 60% overturned decisions. Obviously, both allegations were posted without even the faintest suggestion of a reliable source for the information. The car dealer thread has already been removed by the administrators.

This claim of 60% of the Judge's decisions being overturned on appeal is in the same category--an inflammatory claim by a political partisan intended to incite the loyalists. It should be treated the same way as the allegation regarding the car dealers--it should be removed from this thread as a statement that is patently false.