the plaintiff in that case, frank richie, has dyslexia. as a result, he had to study extra hard for the test, up to 13 hours each day. to do so he had to give up his second job while at the same time spending $1,000 to buy textbooks and recording those books on tapes so he can overcome his disability. his hard work paid off. of 77 applicants for eight slots, he had the sixth best score. but despite his hard work and high performance, the city deprived him of the promotion he had clearly earned. is this what the president means by empathy? where he says he wants judges to empathize with certain groups but impolice italy not with others -- implicity not with others? what if you are like frank richie? this is not a partisan issue. it's not just conservatives or republicans who criticized judge sotomayor's handling of the richie case. self-described democrats and political independents have done so as well. president clinton's appointee to the second circuit in and judge sotomayor's colleague has criticized the handling of the case. he wrote a

the plaintiff in that case, frank richie, has dyslexia. as a result, he had to study extra hard for the test, up to 13 hours each day. to do so, he had to give up his second job while at the same time spending tkhr-rts 1,000 to buy -- spending $1,000 to buy textbooks and pay someone to record those textbooks on tape so he could overcome his disability. his hard work paid off. of 77 applicants for 8 slots, he had the 6th best score. but despite his hard work and high peformance, the city deprived him of the promotion he had clearly earned. is this what the president means by empathy, where he says wants judges to empathize with certain groups but implicitly not with others? if so, what if you're not in one of those groups? was handled. last month before the president made his nomination, mr. cohen concluded his piece on the subject as follows: "richie is not just a legal case but a man who has been deprived of pursuit of happiness on account of his race. obama's supreme court nominee ought to be able to look the new haven fireman in the eye

be ready with the story of frank richie. i'm sure you've been hearing about this on the news. he was denied a promotion despite his distinctly american story and struggle from a blue collar -- he had dyslexia, all sorts of learning impairments and he achieved a great accomplishment by earning a promotion yet he was denied the promotion because there were no african-americans who earned that promotion as well. and judge sotomayor dismissed his appeal. be ready with the fact that in 2005 judge sotomayor told an audience at duke university that the court of appeals is where, quote, policy is made. have you all seen that video? and she laughs. that is the most galling part of that video. i shouldn't have said there because there's videos but everyone knows it's through that's shocking. our founding fathers established separate branches of government because it is the congress' job to make laws and it is the court's job to interpret them, not to make policy. so go back and tell people that argument. you'll be effective if you do that. be ready when the feminists and their typical h