The Court’s ruling on presidential immunity makes us all vulnerable.
Sonia Sotomayor
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One More Reason Why the Court Needs a Code
Justice Sotomayor’s use of Court staff to help sell books wouldn’t be permitted under lower courts’ codes of conduct.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Why Sonia Sotomayor Fears for the Judiciary—and for Justice
Last week, Trump took his fight against asylum seekers straight to the top, and the Supreme Court okayed it. Sotomayor and Ginsburg thought that set a scary precedent.
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Justice Sotomayor’s Powerful Defense of Equality
At heart, the dissenters in Schuette v. BAMN argue, a Michigan amendment outlawing affirmative action deprives minorities access to the political process.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Sonia Sotomayor’s Radical Judicial Activism
The Supreme Court justice shows total disregard for the wisdom of the Founders.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Sonia Sotomayor Stops by Sesame Street
The Supreme Court judge heard a property rights case involving Goldilocks and Baby Bear.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Do Kagan and Sotomayor Bleed Blue?
For Obama’s Supreme Court appointees, a case involving the right to face one’s accuser provides an important litmus test on civil liberties.
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Amanpour Gets The Sotomayor Treatment.
CNN’s Christiane Amanpour is a really good reporter who is consistently substantive and interesting, eschewing the irrelevant horse-race jibber jabber common to most cable news programming. This is part of Washington Post TV critic Tom Shales‘ case for why it was a mistake to pick her to be the new host for ABC’s This Week: […]
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When Thomas Sounds Like Sotomayor.
Via Brian Tamanaha, Justice Clarence Thomas makes an important point here, and I hope conservatives listen: “There are different approaches, because we start with different assumptions. Or we look at things differently,” he reportedly said. “And I think law school should encourage you that these differences are acceptable in our legal system. And in the […]