Comments on: The first desi Supreme Court Justice? (updated)

By: SA

SA — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:14:30 +0000

Moornam,

Give us all a break with the "what about the whities speech,when in fact, the most liberal of the whities would deport your "terrorist" self. I think people off unadvantaged backgrounds(those stuck in viscious cycle of poverty unable to own motels like the Patels) do deserve a fair share of the proverbial American pie.

By: aftab

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By: opinionatedinjerzee

opinionatedinjerzee — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 14:03:30 +0000

cool, good to see a Desi a a high post.. Especially on a case in the Supreme court.. Good for him!

By: Ennis

Ennis — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 04:42:34 +0000

I can't believe all the links you found on this guy. But, of course, it is Ennis after all...

It was easy - he's famous

By: Madurai Vivekan

Madurai Vivekan — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 04:11:29 +0000

perhaps because they're judging which cases to fight based on their merit.

nice!

By: taz

taz — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 03:32:00 +0000

I can’t believe all the links you found on this guy. But, of course, it is Ennis after all…

By: mksamra

mksamra — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 00:28:49 +0000

Was Mr. Katyal born here in the United States or in India? I recently had a discussion with my Punjabi born father about the supreme court and he said that though it is not stipulated within the requirements of a supreme court justice to be born in the U.S. it is necessary to galvanize support. I wonder how much nomination has to do with requirements like these?

By: Ennis

Ennis — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 23:21:29 +0000

Funny, normally people complain that desis are too clannish, too unwilling to look beyond the narrow bounds of their own community. You’re claiming the opposite – that desis are too generous, they should stop being concerned with America and only care about other south asians (and presumably you mean only Indians).

By: siddhartha m

siddhartha m — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 23:14:00 +0000

perhaps because they’re judging which cases to fight based on their merit.

By: MoorNam

MoorNam — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 23:10:22 +0000

the court found it was acceptable that they give due consideration to race in their decisions....a perfectly reasonable and balanced outcome

Any consideration other than merit tantamouts to injustice to someone, somewhere who is more deserving. I don't want to be a party to that.

A note aside... with so many high-profile desi lawyers nowadays, who have fought for justice for blacks, hispanics, illegal aliens, Al-Queda terrorists etc etc, a question arises. Have they done anything significant to their own? Who were the lawyers defending the rights of H1B desis when they were paraded and jailed in Texas in the late 90's? Who are the lawyers fighting the mis-representation of Hinduism in California textbooks? Why are these prominent desis using their talents to help one of their own?

M. Nam