That’s how one Latino judge described Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s comments in Berkeley in 2001 shortly after her comments. At that symposium she said:

“I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life.”

Turns out that Hispanic judges at the same event disagreed with her:

First, Judge Valeriano Saucedo of the California courts, noted that, because of his experiences, he had a certain degree of understanding to Hispanic defendants, but “[t]hat does not mean that I apply a different standard of justice, because that is wrong.”

Speaking on the same panel, Judge Richard Paez (of the Ninth Circuit) was more emphatic, and emphasized that both juror and judge had a duty of impartiality.

So, Hispanic judges can come down harshly on Sotomayor for her racially tinged statement, but Republicans in the U.S. Senate can’t?